The Struggles of Getting an Education: Issues of Power, Culture, and Difference for Mexican Americans of the Southwest

by Sparks, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781879528253
• ISBN10: 1879528258
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Educational Studies Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	1	(5)
Introduction	5	(1)
Some Perspectives on Personal Barriers	6	(3)
Individualizing Social Problems	9	(2)
Outline of Chapters	11	(2)
Adult Education as a Social Institution	13	(24)
The Politics of Education	14	(3)
Further Considerations	17	(2)
Sociological Perspectives	19	(1)
Production and Agency	20	(3)
A Conceptualization of Resistence	23	(1)
Educational Inquiry of Structure and Agency	24	(6)
Research Questions and Fieldwork	30	(7)
Faces of Struggle	37	(18)
Olivia: It's a Matter of Difference	39	(4)
Carlos: A Survivor Searching for His Place	43	(2)
Maria: Living in Two Cultures	45	(4)
Patricia: The Responsibilities of Family	49	(3)
Jose: Wanting Something Better	52	(2)
The Struggle for Cultural Survival	54	(1)
Tensions of Colonization, Culture and Difference	55	(30)
Colonization of the Southwest	57	(9)
Familial Histories	66	(3)
Politics of Cultural Identity and Difference	69	(5)
Communities of Assistance	74	(3)
Otherness	77	(1)
Language of Shame and Pride	78	(4)
Group Ethos	82	(3)
The Double Bind of Youth: Desire, Schooling, and Power	85	(20)
Youth Education	86	(7)
Teacher Attitudes	93	(4)
Academic Discrimination	97	(3)
Cultural Regard	100	(2)
The Double Bind	102	(3)
Repeat Performance: Pedagogy in Adult Education	105	(18)
Efforts to Return to School	106	(1)
Marginalization	107	(2)
Learning Expectations	109	(3)
Intercultural Understanding	112	(3)
Similarities Between Education Experiences as a Youth and as an Adult	115	(4)
Teachers' Attitudes	115	(2)
Academic Quality	117	(1)
Cultural Respect	118	(1)
Program Deficiencies	119	(4)
Cultural Actions, Tactical Choices	123	(24)
Why Persist?	124	(2)
Cultural Action	126	(1)
Practices of Resistance and Production	126	(1)
Acts of Refusal	127	(2)
Avoidance	129	(3)
Alternatives	132	(2)
Preferences	134	(3)
Creating Opportunities for Learning	137	(2)
Characteristics of Resistance and Production	139	(8)
Conflicts of Ideology and Practice	147	(24)
Efforts to Reach Educational Goals	149	(4)
The Politics of Cultural Action	153	(4)
Sociocultural Conflicts Limiting Participation	157	(1)
Purposes of Adult Basic Education and English Literacy	157	(2)
Diverse Cultural Identities	159	(3)
Differential Ideologies	162	(3)
Theory to Practice	165	(6)
Bibliography	171