| Urban Education: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators, Parents, and Teachers Contributor(s): Kincheloe, Joe L. (Editor), Hayes, Kecia (Editor), Rose, Karel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1578866162 ISBN-13: 9781578866168 Publisher: R & L Education OUR PRICE: $91.08 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Multicultural Education |
| Dewey: 370.917 |
| LCCN: 2007015531 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 7.13" W x 9.93" (3.11 lbs) 670 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Maintaining that urban teaching and learning is characterized by numerous contradictions, this book proposes that there is a wide range of social, cultural, psychological, and pedagogical knowledge that urban educators must possess in order to engage in effective and transformative practice. It is necessary for teachers in urban schools to be scholar-practitioners, as opposed to bureaucrats who only follow rather than analyze, understand, and create. Ten major sections cover the myriad issues of urban education as it exists today: context of urban education, race and ethnicity, social justice, teaching and pedagogy, power and urban education, language issues, cultural issues of urban schools as seen in the media, research in city schools, aesthetics and the proximity of cultural institutions, and education policy. Sixty one essays written by specialists in teacher education; public policy; sociology; psychology; applied linguistics; forestry; urban studies; school administration; cultural studies; evaluation; and linguistics, provide a blueprint for scholars, teachers, parents, urban politicians, school administrators, policy professionals, and others seeking to understand the situation of urban schools across America today. |