Subtractive Schooling : U.S. - Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valenzuela, Angela.

Series:

SUNY series, The Social Context of Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of immigrants--Education (Secondary)--Texas--Case studies.

Mexican American youth--Texas--Social conditions--Case studies.

Mexican Americans--Education (Secondary)--Texas--Case studies.

Mexican Americans.

Children of immigrants.

Mexican American youth--Social conditions--Texas--Case studies.

Mexican American youth.

Local Subjects:

Children of immigrants--Education (Secondary)--Texas--Case studies.

Mexican American youth--Texas--Social conditions--Case studies.

Mexican Americans--Education (Secondary)--Texas--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides an enhanced sense of what's required to genuinely care for and educate the U.S.-Mexican youth in America.

Contents:

Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; The Study; Mexican Immigrant and Mexican American Achievement; Immigrant Achievement; U.S.-Born Underachievement; The Subtractive Elements of Caring and Cultural Assimilation; Caring and Education; Subtractive Assimilation; Social Capital; Unmasking Barriers to Progress; Chapter 2 Seguín High School in Historical Perspective: Mexican Americans' Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity in Houston; The Early Years; Changing Demographics and the "Mexicanization" of the East End and Seguín High

Ross v. Eckels and the Struggle for Just IntegrationThe Court Order; The Boycott; Impact on Seguín; Magnet Schools; The Seguín School Walkout; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Teacher-Student Relations and the Politics of Caring; Teacher Caring; The "Uncaring Student" Prototype; "Americanized" Immigrant Youth; "Not Caring" as Student Resistance; Caring and Pedagogy; When Teachers Do Not Initiate Relation; Contributions and Limitations of the Caring and Education Literature; Love is One Taquito Away; Chapter 4 Everyday Experiences in the Lives of Immigrant and U.S.-Born Youth

The Experience of Schooling for Mexican Immigrant YouthUrban Youth from Monterrey; English-Speaking Immigrants; Pre-Literate Youth; Immigrant Youth and the Question of Empeño; Cross-Generational Gender and Social Capital; Social Capital among U.S.-Born Youth; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Subtractive Schooling and Divisions among Youth; Relationships and the "Politics of Difference"; Subtractive Schooling; Divisions among Youth; Attitudes among Immigrant Groups; Attitudes among Mixed-Generation Groups; Attitudes among U.S.-born Groups; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Unity in Resistance to Schooling

Mutiny in Mr. Chilcoate's ClassroomCinco de Mayo, 1993; The Talent Show; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Epilogue: Some Final Thoughts; Appendix: Research Methodology; Participant Observation; Group Interviews; Documentary Evidence; Why I Chose Juan Seguín High School As My Site; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781438422626

1438422628

OCLC:

1445009945