Do Diversity Experiences Help College Students Become More Civically Minded? Applying Banks' Multicultural Education Framework

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-121

  Cole, Darnell ^a   Zhou, Ji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks' five dimensions of multicultural education; Civic mindedness; Diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898539740     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-013-9268-x     Document Type: Article

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