Power, privilege, and education : pedagogy, curriculum, and student outcomes / Greg Wiggan, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wiggan, Greg A., 1976-

Series:

Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.

Education in a competitive and globalizing world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Education--Curricula--Social aspects--United States.

Education.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides perspectives on the dynamics of power and privilege in education. This book offers recommendations and policy considerations that are aimed at increasing social justice in education and improving student performance and student outcomes.

Contents:

""POWER, PRIVILEGE AND EDUCATION PEDAGOGY, CURRICULUM AND STUDENT OUTCOMES ""; ""POWER, PRIVILEGE AND EDUCATION PEDAGOGY, CURRICULUM AND STUDENT OUTCOMES ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""POWER, PRIVILEGE AND THE SOCIO-CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF EDUCATION ""; ""SOCIAL SEGREGATION AND THE OTHER ""; ""POWER AND GROUP MARGINALIZATION ""; ""SOCIAL PRIVILEGE AND ENTITLEMENT ""; ""THE BOOK ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""TREATISES INTO THE LIFE OF PAULO FREIRE: CRITICAL PEDAGOGY FOR THE OPPRESSED ""; ""BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF FREIRE ""; ""CRITICAL DIALOGUE IN TEACHER PEDAGOGY ""

""PROBLEM-POSING EDUCATION """"FREIRIAN CURRICULUM ""; ""TEACHER EDUCATION""; ""FREIRE�S IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""STARTING WITH YOUNG LEARNERS: USING CRITICAL LITERACY TO CONTEST POWER AND PRIVILEGE IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS ""; ""POWER AND PRIVILEGE IN SOCIETY ""; ""POWER AND PRIVILEGE IN EDUCATION ""; ""Politics and Education ""; ""Historical Implications ""; ""Academic Inadequacies ""; ""USING CRITICAL LITERACY TO CONTEST POWER AND PRIVILEGE IN EDUCATION ""; ""Critical Literacy ""; ""Teacher Resistance to using Critical Literacy with Young Children ""

""Strategies for using Critical Literacy with Young Children in Poverty """"SUMMARY ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""OUTSIDERS IN THE MIDDLE: AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ""; ""THE MAKING OF THE OUTSIDERS ""; ""Relevance ""; ""Rigor ""; ""Relationships ""; ""MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN LIGHT OF A CRITICAL RACE THEORY OF EDUCATION ""; ""MIDDLE SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY ""; ""CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EDUCATION ""; ""SHARED PRINCIPLES OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EDUCATION RELEVANCE ""; ""Relevance ""; ""Relationships ""; ""Rigor ""

""SPOTLIGHT: SCHOOLS TO WATCH """"REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A ""; ""Major Goals of Middle Level Educators ""; ""Essential Attributes ""; ""Characteristics ""; ""MAPPING SOCIAL RELATIONS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS: POWER, PEDAGOGY, AND RULING RELATIONS ""; ""FIELD SITE ""; ""METHOD ""; ""RULING RELATIONS ""; ""Student Placement ""; ""Curriculum ""; ""Hidden Curriculum ""; ""Teachers� Work ""; ""IMPLICATIONS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""SUCCESSFUL CHARTER SCHOOLS: A PATHWAY TO CLOSING THE STUDENT TREATMENT GAP PERPETUATED BY TRADITIONAL SCHOOL FAILURES ""

""TRANSITION FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM: SEARCHING FOR SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE, POLITICAL POWER AND EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES """"TRADITIONAL SCHOOL FAILURES AFFECTS AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ""; ""CHARTER SCHOOLS ""; ""SUCCESSFUL CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""PREPARING TOMORROW�S TEACHERS: THE COMPONENTS OF A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EDUCATIONAL APPROACH ""; ""CULTURE AND EDUCATION ""; ""CURRICULUM AND MULTICULTURALISM ""; ""CRITICAL REFLECTION ""; ""PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE ""; ""Culturally Responsive Supervision ""

""Critical Supervision ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61942-246-8

OCLC:

923653742