Culturally contested pedagogy : battles of literacy and schooling between mainstream teachers and Asian immigrant parents / / Guofang Li ; with a foreword by Lee Gunderson

• Autore: Li Guofang <1972->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.829/95/073
• Soggetto topico: Asian Americans - Education; Asians - Education - Canada; Children of immigrants - Education - United States; Children of immigrants - Education - Canada; Literacy - Social aspects - United States; Literacy - Social aspects - Canada; Parent-teacher relationships - United States; Parent-teacher relationships - Canada
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-253) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Literacy instruction and cross-cultrual discourses -- The city, the school, and the families -- Literacy and culture battles: teacher beliefs and parent perspectives -- Beginning forays in the battles: Sandy, Anthony, Kevin, and Alana -- Living through the battles: Billy, Andy, Jake, and Tina -- Understanding the battles of literacy and culture: conflicts and -- Complexities -- Learning from the battles: toward a pedagogy of culrutal reciprocity.
• Sommario/riassunto: Winner of the 2006 Edward Fry Book Award presented by the National Reading ConferenceThe voices of teachers, parents, and students create a compelling ethnographic study that examines the debate between traditional and progressive pedagogies in literacy education and the mismatch of cross-cultural discourses between mainstream schools and Asian families. This book focuses on a Vancouver suburb where the Chinese population has surpassed the white community numerically and socioeconomically, but not politically, and where the author uncovers disturbing cultural conflicts, educational dissensions, and "silent" power struggles between school and home. What Guofang Li reveals illustrates the challenges of teaching and learning in an increasingly complex educational landscape in which literacy, culture, race, and social class intertwine. Advocating for a greater cultural understanding of minority beliefs in literacy education and a more critical examination of mainstream instructional practices, Li offers a new theoretical framework and critical recommendations for teachers, schools, and parents.
• Titolo autorizzato: Culturally contested pedagogy
• ISBN: 9780791482544; 0791482545; 9781423747895; 1423747895
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974738403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series, power, social identity, and education.