In Understanding the Whole Student the authors contend that good education is, and must be, multicultural in order to gain a deeper perspective on issues under analysis in the classroom through the sharing and negotiating of many different cultural perspectives.
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 1Foundations of Multicultural EducationCore Issues in the Cultural Foundations of Education 11Language and Education 33The Four Domains of Multicultural EducationThe Sensorimotor Domain 57The Psychosocial Domain 81The Cognitive Domain 127The Ethicospiritual Domain 161Conclusion: Teaching and Learning in the Twenty-first Century 179Bibliography 185Index 199About the Authors 203