Personal, passionate, participatory inquiry into social justice in education / edited by Ming Fang He and JoAnn Phillion.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

He, Ming Fang, editor.

Phillion, JoAnn, editor.

Series:

Research for social justice.

Research for social justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational sociology--United States.

Educational sociology.

Education--Social aspects--United States.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., c2008.

Summary:

Scope of the Book: Personal~Passionate~Participatory Inquiry into Social Justice in Education, the first book in the series, features 14 programs of social justice oriented research on life in schools, families, and communities. This work, done by a diverse group of practitioner researchers, educators, and scholars, connects the personal with the political, the theoretical with the practical, and research with social and educational change. These inquiries demonstrate three distinct qualities. Each is personal, compelled by values and experiences researchers bring to the work. Each is passionate, grounded in a commitment to social justice concerns of people and places under consideration. Each is participatory, built on long-term, heart-felt engagement, and shared efforts. The principle aspect of the inquiries featured in the book series that distinguish it from others is that researchers are not detached observers, nor putatively objective recorders, but active participants in schools, families, and communities. Researchers have explicit research agendas that focus on equity, equality, and social justice. Rather than aiming solely at traditional educational research outcomes, positive social and educational change is the focal outcome of inquiry. The researchers are diverse and their inquiries are far ranging in terms of content, people and geographic locations studied. These studies reflect new and exciting ways of researching and representing experience of the disenfranchised, underrepresented, and invisible groups seldom discussed in the literature, and challenge stereotypical or deficit oriented perspectives on these groups. This book informs pre-service and in-service teachers, educators, educational researchers, administrators, and educational policy makers, particularly those who advocate for people who are marginalized and those who are committed to the enactment of social justice and positive educational and social change.

Contents:

Foreword / William Ayers

Personal, passionate, participatory inquiry : Research for social justice / Ming Fang He and JoAnn Phillion

Stitched from the soul : An auto/biographical inquiry of a black woman principal / Sonya D. Jefferson

Teen mom : A black feminist inquiry / Advis Dell Wilkerson

Resilient lives : African American women scholars / Paula Booker Baker

Self, others, and jump rope communities : An oral history of the triumphs of African American women / Wynnetta Scott-Simmons

Using multicultural literature to develop empathy and compassion in preservice teachers : A first step in preparing culturally responsive teachers / Lyndall Muschell

A curriculum of imagination in an era of standardization / Robert Lake

A quiet awakening : Spinning yarns from granny's table in the new rural south / Angela Haynes

African American students with reading disabilities : A critical race inquiry / Margie Wiggins Sweatman

Language, culture, and identity : Immigrant female students in U.S. High schools / Joanna Stoughton Cavan

Reading through brown eyes : Toward developing a culturally congruent reading curriculum / Clara Taylor

Dalton's suicide : Dealing with student death in education / Teresa J. Rishel

Fostering justice in an unjust world : Stories of successful native American women in academia / Angela M. Jaime

It starts at home : The familial relationship of scholarship, education, and advocacy / Tammy A. Turner-Vorbeck

Becoming an agent of social change : Stories of sweatshops, sweetshops, and women's social activism / Betty Christine Eng

Conclusion: Personal, passionate, participatory inquiry : potentials, contributions, concerns, and future directions / JoAnn Phillion and Ming Fang He

Epilogue: A love letter to the personal, passionate, participatory research group / Bill Ayers.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-60752-930-0