Transformative Ethnic Studies in Schools
Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Research
Published on 7. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-8077-6345-2 (ISBN)
Description
This timely and compelling book conceptualizes Ethnic Studies not only as a vehicle to transform and revitalize the school curriculum but also as a way to reinvent teaching. Drawing on Sleeter's research review on the impact of Ethnic Studies commissioned by the National Education Association (NEA), the authors show how the traditional curriculum's Eurocentric view of the world affects diverse student populations. The text highlights several contemporary exemplars of curricula-from classroom level to district or state-wide-illustrating core concepts in Ethnic Studies across a variety of disciplines and grade levels. A final chapter considers how research on P-12 ethnic studies can be conceptualized and conducted in ways that further both advocacy and program sustainability. Transformative Ethnic Studies in Schools is essential reading for educators working to transform schools by rehumanizing learning spaces for all students.Book Features:
Explores how the traditional curriculum is not ideologically neutral and the effect that has on both students of color and White students.
Situates Ethnic Studies within anti-racist movements to decolonize schooling.
Illustrates the transformative potential of contemporary Ethnic Studies projects.
Draws on the insights of Ethnic Studies teachers, researchers, and activists from across the United States.
Updates and expands on NEA's synthesis of the research on the academic and social value of Ethnic Studies.
Explores how the traditional curriculum is not ideologically neutral and the effect that has on both students of color and White students.
Situates Ethnic Studies within anti-racist movements to decolonize schooling.
Illustrates the transformative potential of contemporary Ethnic Studies projects.
Draws on the insights of Ethnic Studies teachers, researchers, and activists from across the United States.
Updates and expands on NEA's synthesis of the research on the academic and social value of Ethnic Studies.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-6345-2 (9780807763452)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Christine E. Sleeter is professor emerita in the College of Education at California State University, Monterey Bay. Miguel Zavala is director of the Urban Learning Program in the Charter College of Education at California State University, Los Angeles.
Content
Contents
Series Foreword?James A. Banks?vii
Acknowledgments?xiii
1.?What Is All This Fuss About Ethnic Studies??1
A Story of Schooling and the Legacies of Colonialism?1
Ethnic Studies as a Decolonizing, Unfinished Project?4
Epistemic Privilege: Propelling the Movement Forward?5
Ethnic Studies in Our Schools?6
Hallmarks of Ethnic Studies?7
Overview of This Book?17
Joining the Struggle for Ethnic Studies?17
2.?Mainstream Curriculum as (Multicultural) White Studies?23
Whose Viewpoint Structures Curriculum? A Contested Domain?24
What Do Current Curriculum Analyses Find??27
Assumptions Embedded Within (Multicultural) White Studies?36
Students' Perspectives?38
Conclusion?43
3.?What the Research Says About Ethnic Studies?44
Academic and Personal Impact on Students of Color?45
Ethnic Studies for Diverse Groups That Include White Students?62
Conclusion?67
4.?Ethnic Studies Curriculum as Counter-Narrative?69
Ethnic Studies as a Conceptual Approach?69
Ethnic Studies in Early Childhood?72
Black Studies in High School?76
Native American Studies?79
Ethnic Studies with Diverse Students?84
Youth Participatory Action Research and Ethnic Studies?90
Conclusion?93
5.?Ethnic Studies Teachers' Reflections on Their Praxis?95
Ethnic Studies Teachers?96
Identity as Central to Teaching?97
Foundational Values?99
Key Challenges?107
Conclusion?112
6.?Research and the Movement for Ethnic Studies?113
Uses of Research in the Growing Movement for Ethnic Studies?114
Ethnic Studies Advocates?115
The Role of Research in Ethnic Studies Advocacy?116
Challenges?123
Sustainable Research and Advocacy?128
Looking Toward the Future?130
References?134
Index?149
About the Authors?162
Series Foreword?James A. Banks?vii
Acknowledgments?xiii
1.?What Is All This Fuss About Ethnic Studies??1
A Story of Schooling and the Legacies of Colonialism?1
Ethnic Studies as a Decolonizing, Unfinished Project?4
Epistemic Privilege: Propelling the Movement Forward?5
Ethnic Studies in Our Schools?6
Hallmarks of Ethnic Studies?7
Overview of This Book?17
Joining the Struggle for Ethnic Studies?17
2.?Mainstream Curriculum as (Multicultural) White Studies?23
Whose Viewpoint Structures Curriculum? A Contested Domain?24
What Do Current Curriculum Analyses Find??27
Assumptions Embedded Within (Multicultural) White Studies?36
Students' Perspectives?38
Conclusion?43
3.?What the Research Says About Ethnic Studies?44
Academic and Personal Impact on Students of Color?45
Ethnic Studies for Diverse Groups That Include White Students?62
Conclusion?67
4.?Ethnic Studies Curriculum as Counter-Narrative?69
Ethnic Studies as a Conceptual Approach?69
Ethnic Studies in Early Childhood?72
Black Studies in High School?76
Native American Studies?79
Ethnic Studies with Diverse Students?84
Youth Participatory Action Research and Ethnic Studies?90
Conclusion?93
5.?Ethnic Studies Teachers' Reflections on Their Praxis?95
Ethnic Studies Teachers?96
Identity as Central to Teaching?97
Foundational Values?99
Key Challenges?107
Conclusion?112
6.?Research and the Movement for Ethnic Studies?113
Uses of Research in the Growing Movement for Ethnic Studies?114
Ethnic Studies Advocates?115
The Role of Research in Ethnic Studies Advocacy?116
Challenges?123
Sustainable Research and Advocacy?128
Looking Toward the Future?130
References?134
Index?149
About the Authors?162