Full Description
Addresses the concerns of the marginalized in the American school curriculum.
Written for classroom and pre-service teachers who wish to adopt a "civil rights pedagogy," Grappling with Diversity illuminates the diverse worldviews of people in our nation's history who are usually omitted, marginalized, or misrepresented in the American school curriculum. In order to prepare young people to interact in a variety of contexts with people who are different from themselves, the contributors take a serious look at teaching them to examine the origins and assumptions underlying mainstream thinking, which divides the nation into North and South, us and them, rich and poor, black and white, and to analyze alternative educational frameworks for understanding people and the planet. They also explore the concept of privilege by asking which stories are privileged in contemporary culture, what readings are available, and whose interests are served by them.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Imagine No Fences, No Borders, No Boundaries
Susan Schramm-Pate, Richard Lussier, and Rhonda B. Jeffries
PART I THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
1. Remembering Rosa: Rosa Parks, Multicultural Education, and Dominant Narratives of the Civil Rights Movement in America
Dennis Carlson
2. A Space of Their Own: Women Educators in the New South
Katherine Chaddock and Susan Schramm-Pate
3. Horton Hears a Who: Lessons from the Highlander Folk School in the Era of Globalization
Pepi Leistyna
4. Willie Lee Buffington and Faith Cabin Libraries: Doing Practical Good in a Disordered World
Tamara Powell
5. Dangerous Minds: Constructing Urban Education Between Hope and Despair
Suellyn Henke
6. Queering the Body: The Politics of "Gaydar"
Jennifer Esposito and Benjamin Baez
PART II METHODOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CONTEXTS
Curriculum, Culture, Relevance, and Praxis
7. The Impact of Trickster Performances on the Curriculum: Explorations of a White, Female Civil Rights Activist
Rhonda B. Jeffries
8. Hegemonic Representation: A Critique of the Multiplicity of Dixie
Susan Schramm-Pate
9. The World Language Other than English Program (WLOE): Confronting Diversity Through Reading, Writing, and Discussion
Richard Lussier
10. The Cincinnati Freedom Center: Implications for a More Emancipatory Praxis
Adam Renner
11. Come and Listen to a Story: Understanding the Appalachian Hillbilly in Popular Culture
Mary Jean Ronan Herzog
12. Stories of Women of Mixed Heritage: The Importance of Culture
Silvia Bettez
13. I Can Relate to This! "Leveling Up": Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction Through Personal Relevance and Meaningful Connections
Laura B. Kent and Terri Caron
Contributors
Index
