Other Kinds of Families

by Turner-Vorbeck, Tammy

• ISBN13: 9780807748381
• ISBN10: 0807748382
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-02
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Turner-Vorbeck and Marsh contend that the vast diversity found in schools and society today suggests an urgent need to reconsider the ways in which families are currently represented and addressed in school curriculum and culture. In this important volume, they provide critical and theoretical analyses combined with narrative experiences to address such issues as multigenerational views of the schooling experiences of immigrant families, the educational needs of gay and lesbian families, the representation of adoption and adoptive families in children's literature, and the experiences of homeless students and their families with the educational system.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Diverse Families: Narratives of Experience
Hegemonies and "Transgressions" of Family: Tales of Pride and Prejudice	p. 7
Immigrant Families and Schools: The Need for a Better Relationship	p. 28
From the Principal's Desk: Making the School Environment More Inclusive	p. 46
A Welcoming Tone in the Classroom: Developing the Potential of Diverse Students and Their Families	p. 64
Wards of Wisdom: Foster Youth on a Path Toward Postsecondary Education	p. 81
Representations of Family in School Culture and Curriculum
Evolving Images: Crafting Family Lives in Colonial Pennsylvania	p. 103
Doing the Difficult: Schools and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer Families	p. 121
What Makes a Family?: Representations of Adoption in Children's Literature	p. 139
Emerging Faces of Homelessness: Young Children, Their Families, and Schooling	p. 162
From Textbooks to the Teachers' Lounge: The Many Curricula of Family in Schools	p. 176
About the Editors and the Contributors	p. 193
Index	p. 195
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