Minority Status, Oppositional Culture and Schooling

by Ogbu, John U.

• ISBN13: 9780203931967
• ISBN10: 0203931963
• Copyright: 2008-02-14
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This book is the definitive and final presentation of John Ogbu s cultural ecological model and the many debates that his work has sparked during the past decade. Organized as a dialogue between John Ogbu and the scholarly community, Minority Status, Oppositional Culture, and Schooling is essential reading for anyone interested in the study of the academic achievement gap

Table of Contents

Table of ContentsForewordRoslyn A. MickelsonPrefaceJohn U. OgbuA Note fromMarcellina Ada OgbuAcknowledgmentsMarcellina Ada Ogbu PART ONE: HISTORY AND FRAMEWORKChapter 1: The History and Status of a Theoretical DebateJohn U. OgbuChapter 2: Collective Identity and the Burden of "Acting White" in Black History,Community, and EducationJohn U. OgbuChapter 3: Ways of Knowing: The Ethnographic Approach to the Study of CollectiveIdentity and SchoolingJohn U. OgbuChapter 4: Multiple Sources of Peer Pressures Among African American StudentsJohn U. OgbuChapter 5: Language and Collective Identity Among Adults and Students in a BlackCommunityJohn U. OgbuChapter 6: "Signithia, You Can Do Better Than That": John Ogbu (and Me)and the Nine Lives PeoplesSignithia FordhamPART TWO: COLLECTIVE IDENTITY, BLACK AMERICANS, AND SCHOOLINGChapter 7: High School Students of Color Talk About Accusations of "Acting White"David A. Bergin and Helen C. CooksChapter 8: Black Students' Identity and Acting White and BlackLinwood CousinsChapter 9: Reexamining Resistance as Oppositional Behavior: The Nation of Islam and theCreation of a Black Achievement IdeologyA.A. AkomChapter 10: What Does "Acting White" Actually Mean? Racial Identity, AdolescentDevelopment, and Academic Achievement Among African American YouthsMargaret Beale Spencer and Vinay HarpalaniChapter 11: "Excellence" and Student Class, Race, and Gender CulturesLois WeisChapter 12: Racial Identity Attitudes, School Achievement, and Academic Self-Efficacy Among African American High School StudentsKaren McCurtis Witherspoon, Anita Jones Thomas, and Suzette L. SpeightPART THREE: REASSESSMENT AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUESChapter 13: The Burden of "Acting White": Do Black Adolescents Disparage AcademicAchievement?Phillip J. Cook and Jens LudwigChapter 14: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Confirming Oppositional Culture TheoryDouglas B. DowneyChapter 15: Quantitative Studies of Oppositional Culture: Arguments and EvidenceGeorge FarkasChapter 16: The Structure of Opportunity and Adolescents' Academic Achievement Attitudesand BehaviorsRoslyn Arlin MickelsonChapter 17: Oppositional Identity and Academic Achievement Among African American MalesAnthony Miles Irving and Cynthia HundleyPART FOUR: CROSS CULTURAL STUDIES OF IDENTITYChapter 18: Situational Ethnicity and Patterns of School Performance Among Immigrantand Nonimmigrant Mexican-Descent StudentsMaria Eugenia Matute-BianchiChapter 19: Navajo Youth and Anglo Racism: Cultural Integrity and ResistanceDonna DeyhleChapter 20: A Quantitative Examination of the Oppositional Identity Among AfricanAmerican and Latino Middle-School Students.April TaylorChapter 21: Ogbu's Voluntary and Involuntary Minority Hypothesis and the Politics of CaringAngela ValenzuelaPART FIVE: POLICY AND APPLICATIONSChapter 22: Forming Academic Identities: Accommodation Without Assimilation AmongInvoluntary MinoritiesHugh Mehan, Lea Hubbard, and Irene VillanuevaChapter 23: The Minority Achievement Committee: Students Leading Students to GreaterSuccess in SchoolMary Lynn McGovern, Astrid Davis, and John U. OgbuPART SIX: CONCLUSIONChapter 24: Forward-Looking Criticism: Critiques and Enhancements for the NextGeneration of the Cultural-Ecological ModelKevin Michael FosterAPPENDIXBlack Students' School Success: Coping with the "Burden of 'Acting White'"Signithia Fordham and John U. Ogbu