Culturally sustaining and revitalizing pedagogies : language, culture, and power / Cathy Coulter, Margarita Jimenez-Silva.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jimenez-Silva, Margarita, editor.

Coulter, Cathy, editor.

Series:

Advances in research on teaching ; v. 29.

Advances in research on teaching, 1479-3687 ; v. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culturally relevant pedagogy.

Language and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Today's schools compartmentalize children and curriculum. Standardization dictates curricular content and assessment, narrowing the focus of classrooms and schools that serve diverse populations from varied geographical backgrounds. Against the backdrop of the western-derived, institutional framework of schooling are cultural ways of knowing that are place-based, holistic, experiential, and connected to oral storytelling. In the current movement toward acknowledging and understanding cultural knowledge, teacher education programs need to work in collaboration with cultural communities, honoring traditions and epistemologies and seeking to revitalize and sustain (Paris, 2012) language and culture. Such initiatives inform the big picture of educational reform and enrich mainstream university teacher education programs. This book highlights the journeys, challenges and unfolding stories of transformation that reside within university/community/school partnerships focused on cultural and linguistic revitalization through schooling.

Contents:

Prelims

Introduction

Power

Culture

Language

About the authors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781787147553

178714755X