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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Guofang, 1972-

Series:

SUNY series, power, social identity, and education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--Education--United States.

Asian Americans.

Asians--Education--Canada.

Asians.

Children of immigrants--Education--United States.

Children of immigrants.

Children of immigrants--Education.

Parent-teacher relationships.

Literacy--Social aspects.

Asians--Education.

Asian Americans--Education.

United States.

Children of immigrants--Education--Canada.

Literacy--Social aspects--United States.

Literacy.

Literacy--Social aspects--Canada.

Parent-teacher relationships--United States.

Parent-teacher relationships--Canada.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xvi, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006]

Summary:

The 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.

Contents:

Teaching, learning, and cross-cultural discourses

The city, the school, and the families

Battles of literacy and culture: 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: implications and conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253) and index.

ISBN:

0791465934

0791465942

OCLC:

57373695