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Race, Community, and Urban Schools
Stuart Greene
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Description for Race, Community, and Urban Schools
Series: Language and Literacy Series. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In this important book, award-winning author Stuart Greene enters the ongoing conversation about low-income African American families and their role in helping their children flourish. Greene focuses on parents’ self-defined roles within the context of race, urban development, and an economy that has created opportunity for some and displaced others. Moving beyond analysis to action, the author describes a partnering strategy to help educators understand the lived experiences of children and families and to use their funds of knowledge as resources for teaching.
This book combines critical race theory, critical geography, first-hand accounts, and research on literacy practices at ... Read more
In this important book, award-winning author Stuart Greene enters the ongoing conversation about low-income African American families and their role in helping their children flourish. Greene focuses on parents’ self-defined roles within the context of race, urban development, and an economy that has created opportunity for some and displaced others. Moving beyond analysis to action, the author describes a partnering strategy to help educators understand the lived experiences of children and families and to use their funds of knowledge as resources for teaching.
This book combines critical race theory, critical geography, first-hand accounts, and research on literacy practices at ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Language and Literacy Series
Number of Pages
168
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807754658
SKU
V9780807754658
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Ref
99-3
About Stuart Greene
Stuart Greene is associate professor of English with a joint appointment in Africana Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His books include the coedited volume with Dawn Abt-Perkins, Making Race Visible: Literacy Research for Racial Understanding, for which he won the National Council of Teachers of English Richard A. Meade Award in 2005.
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