Does multicultural education improve students' racial attitudes? Implications for closing the achievement gap

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1252-1274

  Okoye Johnson, Ogo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; afrocentric curriculum; black studies; closing the achievement gap; cultural diversity; culturally responsive pedagogy; diversity education; effect sizes; meta analysis; multicultural education; racial attitudes; social justice education; social sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053646475     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934711408901     Document Type: Article

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