Contentious Curricula : : Afrocentrism and Creationism in American Public Schools /

Contentious Curricula : : Afrocentrism and Creationism in American Public Schools / / Amy J. Binder.

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This book compares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. It identifies striking similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts for their differential outcomes, and draws important conclusions for the study of culture, organizations...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package 2000-2015
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Binder, Amy J.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2002
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology ; 35
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • One. Introduction to Afrocentrism and Creationism, Challengers to Educational "Injustice"
  • Two. The Challengers
  • Three. History of the Three Afrocentric Cases: Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and New York State
  • Four. Cultural, Political, and Organizational Factors Influencing Afrocentric Outcomes
  • Five. History of the Four Creationist Cases: Louisiana State, California State, Vista, California, and Kansas State
  • Six. Cultural, Political, and Organizational Factors Influencing Creationist Outcomes
  • Seven. Making More Institutional the Study of Challenge
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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