The struggle for identity in today's schools : cultural recognition in a time of increasing diversity / / edited by Patrick M. Jenlink and Faye Hicks Townes.

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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiii, 218 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: cultural identity and the struggle for recognition / Patrick M. Jenlink and Faye Hicks Townes
  • Affirming diversity, politics of recognition, and the cultural work of schools / Patrick M. Jenlink
  • Dialoguing toward a racialized identity: a necessary first step in a politics of recognition / Kris Sloan
  • Misrecognition compounded / Faye Hicks Townes
  • Recognition, identity politics and English language learners / Angela Crespo Cozart
  • Identity formation and recognition in Asian American students / Kimberley A. Woo
  • Curriculum and recognition / Raymond A. Horn
  • Extracurricular activities and student identity / Amanda M. Rudolph
  • Recognition, identity politics and the special needs student / Sandra Stewart
  • Athletes, recognition, and the formation of identity / Vincent E. Mumford
  • Parental involvement: low-socioeconomic status (SES) and ethnic minority parents' struggle for recognition and identity / Julia Ballenger
  • Reaching out to parents as partners in preparing students for postsecondary education / Betty Alford
  • Difficult conversations about cultural identity issues / Sandra Harris
  • Value-added community: recognition, induction-year teacher diversity, and the shaping of identity / John C. Leonard
  • Coda: recognition, difference, and the future of America's schools / Patrick M. Jenlink.