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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.

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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

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• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 28 février 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791478998
• Langue: English

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Grappling with Diversity

readings on civil rights pedagogy and critical multiculturalism Susan SchrammPate and JeffriesRhonda B. edited by

GRAPPLING WITH DIVERSITY

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GRAPPLING WITH DIVERSITY

Readings on Civil Rights Pedagogy and Critical Multiculturalism

Edited by SUSAN SCHRAMMPATE RHONDA B. JEFFRIES

State University of New York Press

Cover art: Margaret Bourke-White (American 1904–1971), “At the Time of the Louisville Flood,” 1937. Gelatin silver print. © 2007 Getty Images, All rights reserved.

Parts of 2, “A Space of Their Own: Women Educators in the New South,” by Katherine Chaddock and Susan Schramm-Pate appeared inSouthern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South(2006).

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Grappling with diversity : readings on civil rights pedagogy and critical multiculturalism / edited by Susan Schramm-Pate, Rhonda B. Jeffries. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7914-7327-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-7914-7328-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Multicultural education—Curricula—United States. 2. Education—Curricula— United States. 3. Pluralism (Social sciences)—United States. 4. Toleration—United States. I. Schramm-Pate, Susan, 1960– II. Jeffries, Rhonda B. (Rhonda Baynes), 1965–

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Introduction: Imagine No Fences, No Borders, No Boundaries 1 Susan Schramm-Pate, Richard R. Lussier, and Rhonda B. Jeffries

PART I THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

ONE REMEMBERING ROSA: ROSA PARKS, MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION, AND DOMINANT NARRATIVES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICA Dennis Carlson

TWO A SPACE OF THEIR OWN: WOMEN EDUCATORS IN THE NEW SOUTH Katherine Chaddock and Susan Schramm-Pate

THREE HORTON HEARS A WHO: LESSONS FROM THE HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION Pepi Leistyna

FOUR WILLIE LEE BUFFINGTON AND FAITH CABIN LIBRARIES: DOING PRACTICAL GOOD IN A DISORDERED WORLD Tamara Powell

FIVE DANGEROUS MINDS: CONSTRUCTING URBAN EDUCATION BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR Suellyn Henke

SIX QUEERING THE BODY: THE POLITICS OF “GAYDAR” Jennifer Esposito and Benjamin Baez

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PART II METHODOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CONTEXTS Curriculum, Culture, Relevance, and Praxis

SEVEN THE IMPACT OF TRICKSTER PERFORMANCES ON THE CURRICULUM: EXPLORATIONS OF A WHITE, FEMALE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST 135 Rhonda B. Jeffries

EIGHT HEGEMONIC REPRESENTATION: A CRITIQUE OF THE MULTIPLICITY OF DIXIE Susan Schramm-Pate

NINE WORLD LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH PROGRAM (WLOE): CONFRONTING DIVERSITY THROUGH READING, WRITING, AND DISCUSSION Richard R. Lussier

TEN THE CINCINNATI FREEDOM CENTER: IMPLICATIONS FOR A MORE EMANCIPATORY PRAXIS Adam Renner

ELEVEN COME AND LISTEN TO A STORY: UNDERSTANDING THE APPALACHIAN HILLBILLY IN POPULAR CULTURE Mary Jean Ronan Herzog

TWELVE STORIES OF WOMEN OF MIXED HERITAGE: THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE Silvia Bettez

THIRTEEN I CAN RELATE TO THIS! “LEVELING UP”: MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION THROUGH PERSONAL RELEVANCE AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS Laura B. Kent and Terri Caron

Contributors

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This volume was born in 2003 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the American Educational Studies Association (AESA)—the spawn of several good-natured debates and messy notes on cocktail napkins. Nurtured at AESA over the next two years, this baby learned to crawl in Mexico City, Mexico and then to walk in Charlottesville, Virginia. Thanks to everyone who stayed dedicated to the volume. It is your encouragement and hope that helped us most. We would also like to thank Trisha Guy for her dedication and hard work on this volume’s index.

With peace and thanks.

Susan and Rhonda

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