Culture, relevance, and schooling : exploring uncommon ground / edited by Lisa Scherff and Karen Spector.

Other author Scherff, Lisa, 1968-
Other author Spector, Karen.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, ©2011.
Descriptionxiii, 161 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Education--Social aspects. --United States.
Education--Parent participation. --United States.
Critical pedagogy--United States.

Contents Foreword : The legitimacy of culturally relevant pedagogy : resolved or unresolved / Alfred W. Tatum -- Introduction : Spatial, discursive, and embodied borders / Karen Spector and Lisa Scherff -- Vignette : Making culture visible through experience and understanding / Kenan L. Metzger -- Collective cultural relevancy through hybrid communities of practice / Angela Calabrese Barton and Corey Drake -- Seeing relevance : using photography to understand how school, curricula, and pedagogies matter to urban youth / Kristien Zenkov -- Expanding notions of culturally responsive education with urban native youth : culturally relevant pedagogy for equity and social justice / Dorothy E. Aguilera-Black Bear -- Weaving spiritualities into culturally responsive pedagogies / Nadjwa E.L. Norton -- Staying fat : moving past the exercise-industrial-complex / Joshua I. Newman, Carolyn Albright, and Ryan King-White -- Putting "culturally relevant" into professional development / Charnita V. West -- Overcoming (under)lying assumptions : approaching language education from a Freirean perspective / Miguel Mantero.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010043443
ISBN9781607098881 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1607098881 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781607098898 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN160709889X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781607098904 (electronic)
ISBN1607098903 (electronic)

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Joyner General Stacks LC191.4 .C85 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold