The Struggle for Identity in Today's Schools. Cultural Recognition in a Time of Increasing Diversity.
. Ed(S): Jenlink, Patrick M.; Townes, Faye Hicks
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Hardback. This book examines cultural recognition and the struggle for identity in America's schools. In particular, the contributing authors focus on the recognition and misrecognition as antagonistic cultural forces that work to shape, and at times distort identity. Editor(s): Jenlink, Patrick M.; Townes, Faye Hicks. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
The Struggle for Identity in Today's Schools examines cultural recognition and the struggle for identity in America's schools. In particular, the contributing authors focus on the recognition and misrecognition as antagonistic cultural forces that work to shape, and at times distort identity. What surfaces throughout the chapters are two lessons to be learned in relation to identity. The first lesson is that identities and the acts attributed to them are always forming and re-forming in relation to historically specific contexts, and these contexts are political in nature, i.e., defined by issues of diversity such as race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, ... Read more
The Struggle for Identity in Today's Schools examines cultural recognition and the struggle for identity in America's schools. In particular, the contributing authors focus on the recognition and misrecognition as antagonistic cultural forces that work to shape, and at times distort identity. What surfaces throughout the chapters are two lessons to be learned in relation to identity. The first lesson is that identities and the acts attributed to them are always forming and re-forming in relation to historically specific contexts, and these contexts are political in nature, i.e., defined by issues of diversity such as race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781607091066
SKU
V9781607091066
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About . Ed(S): Jenlink, Patrick M.; Townes, Faye Hicks
Patrick M. Jenlink is professor of doctoral studies in the Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership and Director of the Educational Research Center at Stephen F. Austin State University. Faye Hicks Townes is an associate professor of education in the Department of Teacher Education, School of Education, Health and Human Performance, College of Charleston.
Reviews for The Struggle for Identity in Today's Schools. Cultural Recognition in a Time of Increasing Diversity.
This book provides for a broad and balanced base of considering diversity, culture and identity development in relationship to curriculum development with "recognition" being the pivotal concept in all of the writings. The identity and cultural diversity curriculum dimension will help scholar-practitioner leaders guide teachers and students through a broad understanding of themselves as they interact with one another. This ... Read more