The Latinization of U.S. schools : successful teaching and learning in shifting cultural contexts / Jason G. Irizarry with Project FUERTE.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irizarry, Jason G.

Series:

Series in critical narratives

Series in critical narrative

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Education.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Education--Social aspects.

Hispanic American students--Social conditions.

Hispanic American students.

Multiculturalism--Study and teaching--United States.

Multiculturalism.

Multiculturalism--Study and teaching.

Social conditions.

Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 235 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, [2011]

Summary:

The research presented here was conducted by urban Latino high school students with their teacher Irizarry (Institute for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, U. of Connecticut). The book emerges from Project FUERTE, a long-term participatory action research project that engages Latino youth in urban schools in meaningful, co-constructed research while enhancing their academic skills and familiarizing them with the conventions of Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR). The students wrote and dictated their personal stories and school experiences through "testimonios," a qualitative methodology springing from the fields of Latin American studies and scholarship in Latino critical race theory. Although the students originally wrote and spoke in informal language, slang, and hybrid language, the author worked with each student to transform their writing into more traditional academic language. Students also conducted reviews of literature, with Irizarry's guidance, and these findings are integrated into their testimonios. After an overview of Latino education, chapters look at issues such as deficit perspectives of Latino students, undocumented Latino students, and school discipline and exclusion. In the final section of the book, chapters co-written by the author with college students offer personal reflections on YPAR. Each chapter concludes with three concrete recommendations for teachers and discussion of implications for teaching and teacher education. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594519581

1594519587

9781594519598

1594519595

OCLC:

682894224