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Publication Date: 2009-Apr
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Multicultural Education and Social Justice Actions
Pittman, Chavella T.
Intercultural Education, v20 n2 p173-186 Apr 2009
Multicultural citizenship education courses worldwide show promise in their ability to influence attitudes and beliefs supportive of social justice. However, many of these courses assume behavior change results from these attitudes changes. Quantitative analyses of pretest and posttest questionnaire data compare the impact of these unique curricular strategies on students' social action. The results reveal that these curricular strategies produce limited influence on social justice action. I suggest a social influence model of behavior change as a possibility for making multicultural education more effective at influencing behaviors for social justice action, thus reducing current and future social inequality. (Contains 5 notes and 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Social Justice, Multicultural Education, Citizenship Education, Social Action, Behavior Change, Pretests Posttests, Questionnaires, Educational Strategies, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Social Psychology, Predictor Variables, White Students, Social Influences
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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