Defining & designing multiculturalism : one school system's efforts / Pepi Leistyna ; [foreword by Peter L. Mclaren].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leistyna, Pepi.

Series:

SUNY series, social context of education.

SUNY series, the social context of education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Defining and designing multiculturalism

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An activist group works to bring a multicultural education program to an urban public school system.

Contents:

""Defining & Designing Multiculturalism""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword: Multiculturalism Revisited: Pepi Leistyna�s Politics of the Concrete""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: Theoretically and Historically Contextualizing the Study""; ""1. Critical Multicultural Education What Is It?""; ""2. A History of Changeton and Its Public Schools: Taking a Sociohistorical Perspective""; ""3. Facing Oppression: Youth Voices from the Front""; ""4. The Formation of the Multicultural Central Steering Committee: Its Basic Processes, Functions, and Structures""

""Part Two: The Work of the Multicultural Central Steering Committee""""5. The Development of the Multicultural Central Steering Committee�s Mission Statement""; ""6. Professional Development: Raising Consciousness among the Faculty and Staff""; ""7. Curriculum Development and Instruction""; ""8. Diversifying the Faculty and Staff""; ""9. Efforts to Create a Partnership between the School and the Public""; ""Part Three: The Impact of the Multicultural Central Steering Committee in Changeton over the Years""; ""10. In the Aftermath: A Dialogue with Changeton Teachers in the Trenches""

""11. Two Letters to Changeton Educators""""12. Challenges for the Future""; ""Appendix: Research Methodology""; ""Notes""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One""; ""Chapter Two""; ""Chapter Three""; ""Chapter Four""; ""Chapter Five""; ""Chapter Six""; ""Chapter Seven""; ""Chapter Eight""; ""Chapter Nine""; ""Chapter Ten""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-316) and index.

ISBN:

9780791487983

0791487989

9780585492438

0585492433

OCLC:

54053892