Handbook of research on multicultural education / James A. Banks, editor ; Cherry A. McGee Banks, associate editor.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Multicultural education: historical development, dimensions, and practice -- Curriculum theory and multicultural education -- New directions in multicultural education: complexities, boundaries, and critical race theory -- Access and achievement in mathematics and science: inequalities that endure and change -- Assessment, standards, and equity -- Multiracial families and children: implications for educational research and practice -- Quantitative methods in multicultural education research -- Ethnography in communities: learning the everyday life of America's subordinated youth -- Ethnographic studies of multicultural education in U.S. classrooms and schools -- A decade of research on the changing terrain of multicultural education research -- Knowledge construction and popular culture: the media as multicultural educator -- Race, knowledge construction, and education in the United States: lessons from history -- Critical pedagogy, critical race theory, and antiracist education -- Ethnic Mexicans in historical and social science scholarship -- Deconstructing and contextualizing the historical and social science literature on Puerto Ricans -- American Indian studies -- Social science research on Asian Americans -- Culture-centered knowledge: Black studies, curriculum transformation, and social action -- Immigrants and education in the United States -- Children and youth in immigrant families: demographic, social, and educational issues -- The academic engagement and achievement of Latino youth -- Educating Native Americans -- Historical and sociocultural influences on African American education -- Educating Mexican American students: past treatment and recent developments in theory, research, policy and practice -- Puerto Rican students in U.S. schools -- Asian Pacific American students: challenging a biased educational system -- Language issues in multicultural contexts -- Trends in two-way immersion research -- What happens to a dream deferred? The continuing quest for equal educational opportunity -- Research on families, schools, and communities -- Social class and schooling -- A threat in the air: how stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance -- Engaging life: a funds-of-knowledge approach to multicultural education -- Culturally diverse students in special education --Equity in heterogeneous classrooms -- Intercultural and intergroup education, 1929-1959: linking schools and communities -- Intergroup contact -- Intergroup relations in multicultural education programs -- Fostering positive intergroup relations in schools -- Multicultural counseling and therapy (MCT) theory -- The effects of school desegregation -- Research on racial issues in American higher education -- Ethnic studies in U.S. higher education: history, development, and goals -- Women's studies and curriculum transformation in the United States -- Multiculturalism and core curricula --Multicultural teacher education: research, practice, and policy -- Multicultural education in Australia: historical development and current status -- Multicultural education in the United Kingdom: historical development and current status -- Challenges for post-apartheid South Africa: decolonizing education.