Diversity Within Unity: Essential Principles For Teaching and Learning In a Multicultural Society
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HAT DO WE know about education and d iversity, and how do we know it? This two-part question guided the work of the Multicul.tur al Education Consensus Panel, sponsored by the Center for Multicul tural Education at the University of Washington and the Common Destiny Alliance at the University of Maryland. T his article is the prod uct of a four-year project during which the panel, with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, reviewed and synthesized the research related to diversity.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009