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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967969303321

Titolo

Culturally relevant pedagogy : clashes and confrontations / / edited by Lisa Scherff and Karen Spector

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2010

ISBN

979-82-16-20518-0

1-282-92287-4

9786612922879

1-60709-421-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ScherffLisa <1968->

SpectorKaren

Disciplina

370.11/5

370.117

Soggetti

Multicultural education - United States

Critical pedagogy - United States

Teaching - United States

Minorities - Education - United States

Learning - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword: Looking for a Little Inspiration; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Clashes and Confrontations with Culturally Relevant Pedagogy; Opening Vignette: Recognizing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Then and Now; Chapter 1: Unpacking the Critical in Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: An Illustration Involving African Americans and Asian Americans; Chapter 2: Race, Identity, and the Shredding of a District Survey: Following Children into Relevance in an Urban Elementary Classroom

Chapter 3: The Central Paradox of Critical Pedagogy: Learning from Practice in an Urban ""Last Chance"" High SchoolChapter 4: From Understanding to Application: The Difficulty of Culturally Responsive Teaching as a Beginning English Teacher; Vignette: Lotus: A Pedagogy of Listening; Chapter 5: Reading Romeo and Juliet and Talking Sex: Critical Ideological Consciousness as Ethical Practice; Chapter 6:



""'Proper' Spanish Is a Waste of Time"": Mexican-Origin Student Resistance to Learning Spanish as a Heritage Language; Chapter 7: Bodies before Me

Closing Vignette: The Distance of Formality: Working within (and through) ProprietyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The authors in this edited volume reflect on their experiences with culturally relevant pedagogy-as students, as teachers, as researchers-and how these experiences were often at odds with their backgrounds and/or expectations.