| Description |
xxii, 389 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Sect. A: Race categories: we are all the same, but our lives are different. I. Remember that racial categories are not biological realities -- II. Get ready to talk about a racialized society -- III. Remember that people do not fit neatly and easily into racial groups -- V. Emphasize individuality -- Sect. B: How opportunities are provided and denied inside schools. VI. Remember that students experience racially unequal expectations about their brain power -- VII. Counter racially patterned skill caps -- VIII. Help students gain fluency in 'standardized' behaviors while honouring the 'nonstandard' behaviors they already have -- IX. Defy racially based notions of potential careers and contributions -- X. Analyze disparities in opportunities to learn -- |
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Sect. C: Curriculum that asks crucial questions about race. XI. Create curriculum that invites students to explore complex identities and consider racial group experiences -- XII. Create curriculum that analyzed opportunity denial -- XIII: Create curriculum that represents a diverse range of people thoroughly and complexly -- XIV. Create curriculum that discusses history accurately and thoroughly -- Sect. D: Race and the school experience: the need for inquiry. XV. Investigate learning experiences in your classroom -- XVI. Spearhead conversatiuons with students about racism in their lives and yours -- XVII. Talk thoroughly with colleagues about race and achievement -- XVIII. Analyze, with colleagues and students, how your race affects your teaching -- Sect. E: Engaging communities for real. XIX. Inquire fully about home communities -- XX. Discuss parents' experiences of racially unequal opportunity -- Sect. F: Keeping it going. XXI. Struggle to change a system that is unequal, while working within it |
| Summary |
"How should teachers respond when children ask challenging questions aabout race? How should teachers handle the use of the "N-word" or discuss "achievement gaps" with colleagues? How can teachers avoid unwittingly making children of color speak on behalf of their entire group? In more than fifty original pieces written especially for this groundbreaking book, Everyday Antiracism offers practical advice for teachers and parents." From the bookjacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-380) and index |
| Subject |
Racism in education -- United States.
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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| Author |
Pollock, Mica, 1971-
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| LC no. |
2008000843 |
| ISBN |
9781595580542 |
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1595580549 |
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