Beyond Affirmative Action

Download or read book Beyond Affirmative Action written by Robert A. Ibarra and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2001-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ibarra (academic affairs, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) argues for a paradigm shift in academia. Drawing on extensive interviews with Latino students and faculty, he introduces a theory of "multicontextuality" which proposes that many people learn better when teachers emphasize whole systems of knowledge and that education can best succeed where it offers and accepts many approaches to teaching and learning. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR