Critical Perspectives, 2nd Edition
- ISBN: 978-0-415-99974-8
- Publish Date: 28th August 2009
- Imprint: Routledge
Distinguished multiculturalist Sonia Nieto speaks directly to current and future teachers in this thoughtful integration of a selection of her key writings with creative pedagogical features. Offering information, insights, and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds, this text is intended for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level students and professional development courses.
Examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that teachers face in their own classrooms; ideas about how language, culture, and teaching are linked; and ways to engage with these ideas through reflection and collaborative inquiry. Each chapter includes critical questions; classroom activities; and community activities suggesting projects beyond the classroom context.
Over half of the chapters are new to this edition, bringing it up-to-date in terms of recent educational policy issues and demographic changes in our society.
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Language, Literacy, and Culture: Intersections and Implications
Part I: Setting the Groundwork
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Chapter 1: What is the Purpose of Schools? Reflections on Education in an Age of Functionalism
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Chapter 2: The Limitations of Labels
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Chapter 3: Understanding Multicultural Education in a Sociopolitical Context (with Patty Bode)
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Chapter 4: Multicultural Education and School Reform (with Patty Bode)
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Chapter 5: Public Education in the Twentieth Century and Beyond: High Hopes, Broken Promises, and an Uncertain Future
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Chapter 6: We Speak in Many Tongues: Language Diversity and Multicultural Education
Part II: Identity and Belonging
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Chapter 7: Culture and Learning
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Chapter 8: Lessons from Students on Creating a Chance to Dream
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Chapter 9: Beyond Categories: The Complex Identities of Adolescents (with John Raible)
Part III: Becoming Critical Teachers
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Chapter 10: Profoundly Multicultural Questions
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Chapter 11: Solidarity, Courage, and Heart: Learning from a New Generation of Teachers
Part IV: Praxis in the Classroom
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Chapter 12: Affirmation, Solidarity, and Critique: Moving Beyond Tolerance in Multicultural Education
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Chapter 13: Nice is Not Enough: Defining Caring for Students of Color
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Chapter 14: What Does it Mean to Affirm Diversity in Our Nation’s Schools?
Index