Grappling with Diversity: Readings on Civil Rights Pedagogy and Critical Multiculturalism

by Schramm-pate, Susan; Jeffries, Rhonda B.

• ISBN13: 9780791473283
• ISBN10: 0791473287
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-07
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

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. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Imagine No Fences, No Borders, No Boundaries	p. 1
Theoretical and Historical Contexts Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
Remembering Rosa: Rosa Parks. Multicultural Education. and Dominant Narratives of the Civil Rights Movement in America	p. 15
A Space of Their Own: Women Educators in the New South	p. 35
Horton Hears a Who: Lessons from the Highlander Folk School in the Era of Globalization	p. 57
Willie Lee Buffington and Faith Cabin Libraries: Doing Practical Good in a Disordered World	p. 75
Dangerous Minds: Constructing Urban Education Between Hope and Despair	p. 97
Queering the Body: The Politics of "Gaydar"	p. 117
Methodological and Pedagogical Contexts Curriculum, Culture, Relevance, and Praxis
The Impact of Trickster Performances on the Curriculum: Explorations of a White, Female Civil Rights Activist	p. 135
Hegemonic Representation: A Critique of the Multiplicity of Dixie	p. 147
World Language Other than English Program (Wloe): Confronting Diversity Through Reading, Writing, and Discussion	p. 165
The Cincinnati Freedom Center: Implications for a More Emancipatory Praxis	p. 191
Come and Listen to a Story: Understanding the Appalachian Hillbilly in Popular Culture	p. 205
Stories of Women of Mixed Heritage: the Importance of Culture	p. 217
I Can Relate to This! "Leveling Up": Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction Through Personal Relevance and Meaningful Connections	p. 245
Contributors	p. 255
Name Index	p. 259
Subject Index	p. 267
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