Rethinking multicultural education : case studies in cultural transition / edited by Carol Korn and Alberto Bursztyn ; foreword by Joe Kincheloe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Korn-Bursztyn, Carol, 1953-

Bursztyn, Alberto, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

United States.

Minorities--Education--United States.

Minorities.

Minorities--Education.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 207 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2002.

Summary:

Examines the complex cultural transitions that children make as they move between the cultures of home and school.

Contents:

Foreword: Exploring a Transformative Multiculturalism

Justice in a Zeitgeist of Despair / Joe Kincheloe ix

Introduction: Cultural Transitions and Curricular Transformations / Carol Korn 1

1 Silenced Voices: A Case of Racial and Cultural Intolerance in the Schools / Deborah Nelson, Margaret R. Rogers 13

2 Redefining School Culture: Creating New Traditions for Bicultural Students / Vernita Zubia, Beth Doll 30

3 Issues of Class and Race in Education: A Personal Narrative / Cheryl C. Holcomb-McCoy 48

4 Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge: The Geography of Social and Cultural Transitions / Carol Korn 64

5 An Ecological Perspective on Preparing Teachers for Multicultural Classrooms / Helen Johnson 80

6 Facing the Terror Within: Exploring the Personal in Multicultural Education / Peter Taubman 97

7 Transforming the Deficit narrative: Race, Class, and Social Capital in Parent-School Relations / Hollyce C. Giles 130

8 The Path to Academic Disability: Javier's School Experience / Alberto Bursztyn 160

Conclusion: Reflections on Collective Identities / Alberto Bursztyn 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-199) and index.

ISBN:

0897895444

0897898710

OCLC:

47443928