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Social justice education : inviting faculty to transform their institutions / edited by Kathleen Skubikowski, Catharine Wright, and Roman Graf ; foreword by Julia Alvarez.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social justice--Study and teaching--United States.
- Social justice.
- Educational sociology--United States.
- Educational sociology.
- Critical pedagogy--United States.
- Critical pedagogy.
- Education, Higher--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sterling, Va. : Stylus, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Recognizing that many faculty have little preparation for teaching students whose backgrounds, culture, and educational socialization differ from theirs, the opening foundational section asks teachers to attend closely to their and their students' relative power and positionality in the classroom, and to the impact of the materials, resources and pedagogical approaches employed. The concluding sections of the book demonstrate how intra- and inter-institutional collaborations inspired teachers to rise to the challenge of their campuses' commitments to diversity. Among the examples presented is
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Theoretical perspectives on social justice education
- pt. 2. Collaborations
- pt. 3. Social justice pedagogy across the curriculum.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-00-344700-7
- 1-000-97244-5
- 1-003-44700-7
- 1-57922-547-0
- 1-4416-6953-1
- 9781003447009
- OCLC:
- 658085843
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