Rightist Multiculturalism: Core Lessons on Neoconservative School Reform - Brossura

Libro 19 di 54: Critical Social Thought

Buras, Kristen L.

 
9780415962650: Rightist Multiculturalism: Core Lessons on Neoconservative School Reform
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ISBN 10: 041596265X ISBN 13: 9780415962650
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2008

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For nearly two decades, E. D. Hirsch’s book Cultural Literacy has provoked debate over whose knowledge should be taught in schools, embodying the culture wars in education. Initially developed to mediate against the multicultural "threat," his educational vision inspired the Core Knowledge curriculum, which has garnered wide support from an array of communities, including traditionally marginalized groups. In this groundbreaking book, Kristen Buras provides the first detailed, critical examination of the Core Knowledge movement and explores the history and cultural politics underlying neoconservative initiatives in education.

Ultimately, Rightist Multiculturalism does more than assess the limitations and possibilities of Core Knowledge. It illuminates why troubling educational reforms initiated by neoconservatives have acquired grassroots allegiance despite criticism that their vision is culturally elitist. More importantly, Buras argues understanding that neoconservative school reform itself has become a multicultural affair is the first step toward fighting an alternative war of position―that is, reclaiming multiculturalism as a radically transformative project.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Kristen L. Buras is Assistant Professor of Multicultural Urban Education in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University. She has written on school reform in Harvard Educational Review and is co-editor of The Subaltern Speak: Curriculum, Power, and Educational Struggles.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
041596265X
ISBN 13 
9780415962650
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Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
240
Contatto del produttore
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ISBN 10:  0415962641 ISBN 13:  9780415962643
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2008
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