Mathematics Success and Failure Among African-American Youth

The Roles of Sociohistorical Context, Community Forces, School Influence, and Individual Agency

By Danny Bernard Martin

No matter how mathematics achievement and persistence are measured, African Americans seem to lag behind their peers. This state of affairs is typically explained in...

Published April 28th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Intersection of Cultures

Multicultural Education in the United States and the Global Economy

By Joel Spring

Published April 27th 2006 by Routledge.

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Race, Culture, and Education

The Selected Works of James A. Banks

By James A. Banks

Considered the father of multicultural education in the US and known throughout the world as one of the field’s most important founder, theorist and researcher,...

Published April 6th 2006 by Routledge.

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Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change

New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth

Edited by Shawn Ginwright, Pedro Noguera, Julio Cammarota

The failure of current policy to address important quality of life issues for urban youth remains a substantial barrier to civic participation, educational equity, and...

Published March 21st 2006 by Routledge.

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Understanding White Privilege

Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race

By Frances E. Kendall

Racial privilege is hard to see for those who were born with access to power and resources. Yet it is very visible for those to...

Published March 15th 2006 by Routledge.

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Innovations in Educational Ethnography

Theories, Methods, and Results

Edited by George Spindler, Lorie Hammond

This volume focuses on and exemplifies how ethnography--a research tool devoted to looking at human interaction as a cultural process rather than individual psychology--can shed...

Published March 3rd 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Combining Longitudinal, Cross-historical, and Cross-cultural Methods To Study Culture and Cognition

A Special Double Issue of Mind, Culture, and Activity

Edited by Michael Cole

The articles presented in this special issue focus on a cultural-historical approach to the study of mind, culture, and activity—that is to view individual human...

Published February 28th 2006 by Routledge.

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English as an Additional Language

Key Features of Practice

By Liz Haslam, Yvonne Wilkin, Edith Kellet

English as an Additional Language is packed full of straightforward ideas to help teachers get a grip on good classroom practice and will help teachers:

• understand...

Published January 24th 2006 by David Fulton Publis.

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The Subaltern Speak

Curriculum, Power, and Educational Struggles

Edited by Michael W. Apple, Kristen L. Buras

The question of whose perspective, experience and history is privileged in educational institutions has shaped curriculum debates for decades. In this insightful collection, Michael W....

Published December 8th 2005 by Routledge.

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Becoming Subjects: Sexualities and Secondary Schooling

By Mary Louise Rasmussen

This book focuses on key contemporary discourses related to sexualities and schooling. Such discourses include: educational strategies used to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender...

Published November 28th 2005 by Routledge.

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