Class, Culture, and Race in American Schools: A Handbook

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Stanley Rothstein
Bloomsbury Academic, 23. mars 1995 - 257 sider

Class, culture, and race have influenced the educational experiences of children for centuries. As a new wave of Latin American and Asian peoples enters the United States, public schools are faced with the challenge of educating children from a culture of poverty, and who have varying racial and cultural backgrounds. This reference work employs historical, anthropological, sociological, and theoretical perspectives to overview current information on class, culture, and race in U.S. schools.

The volume is organized systematically, with broad sections on class, culture, race, and prospects for the future. Each section begins with an introductory chapter that defines the theme of the section and places it within a larger context. The chapters that follow then examine the impact of class, culture, or race on schooling, with special regard to particular groups. The volume focuses primarily on Hispanics, African Americans, and Asians, as they struggle to survive and prosper in the United States. Because of its approach, the book is also a guide to the effects of poverty, language, and race on the educational experiences of children.

Om forfatteren (1995)

STANLEY WILLIAM ROTHSTEIN is Professor of Education and Social Foundations at California State University, Fullerton. He has had experience as a school administrator in the South Bronx and Harlem. His previous publications include Handbook of Schooling in Urban America (1993) and Identity and Ideology: Sociocultural Theories of Schooling (1991), both published by Greenwood Press, The Voice of the Other (Praeger, 1993), and Schooling the Poor: A Social Inquiry into the American Educational Experience (Bergin & Garvey, 1994).

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