Culture and Power in the Classroom (Series in Critical Narrative) - Softcover

Darder, Antonia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612050700 ISBN 13: 9781612050706

Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

This is a timely second edition of the enormously significant book which changed how teachers and community activists view their own practice. This edition concludes with personal essays by teachers, professors, and community activists explaining the direct impact which Culture and Power in the Classroom has had on their lives. Unlike many texts that discuss educational failure, this book provides a historical context for understanding underachievement in our nation. Thoroughly revised to include the new thinking on diversity and learning, this edition includes a new chapter on assessment and the brain. This second edition will be welcomed by previous and new readers alike, and will help influence the approach of a new generation of teachers, whether they are based in schools, colleges or community centres.

About this title

Book Description:

Darder examines the impact of dominant cultural forces on the lives of students from disenfranchised communities and confronts the cultural values and practices that serve to marginalize Black, Latino, Asian, and other bicultural students.

About the Author:

Antonia Darder was born in Puerto Rico in 1952 and raised in East Los Angeles. As a young single mother of three children on welfare, she began her studies at Pasadena City College in 1972. She currently holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair in Education at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. Darder is the author of several books and coauthor of the recently published After Race: Racism after Colonialism (NYU Press).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1612050700
• ISBN 13: 9781612050706
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 284