Li Culturally Contested Pedagogy

Battles of Literacy and Schooling between Mainstream Teachers and Asian Immigrant Parents
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8254-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 281 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series, Power, Social Identity, and Education

Advocates for a greater cultural understanding of minority beliefs in literacy education and a more critical examination of mainstream instructional practices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, Guofang

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Foreword
Lee Gunderson

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Literacy Learning and Teaching in a New Socioeconomic Context

1. Literacy Instruction and Cross-cultural Discourses
2. The City, the School, and the Families
3. Literacy and Culture Battles: Teacher Beliefs and Parent Perspectives
4. Beginning Forays in the Battles: Sandy, Anthony, Kevin, and Alana
5. Living through the Battles: Billy, Andy, Jake, and Tina
6. Understanding the Battles of Literacy and Culture: Conflicts and Complexities
7. Learning from the Battles: Toward a Pedagogy of Cultural Reciprocity

References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Guofang Li is Assistant Professor of Second Language and Literacy Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She is the author of "East is East, West is West"? Home Literacy, Culture, and Schooling and the coeditor (with Gulbahar H. Beckett) of "Strangers" of the Academy: Asian Women Scholars in Higher Education.