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What kind of social studies knowledge can stimulate a critical and ethical dialog with the past and present? "Re-Membering" History in Student and Teacher Learning answers this question by explaining and illustrating a process of historical recovery that merges Afrocentric theory and principles of culturally informed curricular practice to reconnect multiple knowledge bases and experiences. In the case studies presented, K-12 practitioners, teacher educators, preservice teachers, and parents use this praxis to produce and then study the use of democratized student texts; they step outside of reproducing standard school experiences to engage in conscious inquiry about their shared present as a continuance of a shared past. This volume exemplifies not only why instructional materials—including most so-called multicultural materials—obstruct democratized knowledge, but also takes the next step to construct and then study how "re-membered" student texts can be used. Case study findings reveal improved student outcomes, enhanced relationships between teachers and families and teachers and students, and a closer connection for children and adults to their heritage.
Contents
Contents
Foreword - Molefi Kete Asante
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section I: An Afrocentric Culturally Informed Praxis of Historical Recovery
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Silenced History
Chapter 3: "Re-Membering" the Way to Content
Chapter 4: Standards "Re-Membered"
Section II: Studying the Use of "Re-Membered" Texts
Chapter 5: Austin Steward: "Home-Style" Teaching, Planning, and Assessment - Linda Campbell
Chapter 6: Using "Re-membered" Student Text as a Pedagogical Frame for Urban Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers - Shonda Lemons-Smith
Chapter 7: Culturally Informed Lesson Planning - Ericka López
Chapter 8: Recovering History and the "Parent Piece" for Cultural Well-Being and Belonging - Joyce E. King, Adrienne C. Goss, & Sherell A. McArthur
Chapter 9: Coda: What "Re-membered" Texts "Re-member"
Appendix A: Four Identity-Group Narratives
Appendix B: Lesson Summaries: Themes, Concepts, and Principles
Contributors
