Teaching City Kids: Understanding and Appreciating ThemThis book examines the maligned students who populate urban schools and finds a talented group of resilient young people who deserve the support of the larger society. The editors and authors explore the ways such students are undermined, in the process developing new ways of teaching based on an understanding and appreciation of them. Contemporary political leaders have used the fear of the poor, non-white, and immigrant «city kids» we study here to push racist and class-biased social and educational agendas. This book challenges these tactics, while laying out a pedagogy of respect and hope. |
Contents
City KidsNot the Kind of Students Youd Want to Teach | 3 |
An Historical Overview | 41 |
How Multicultural Curriculum Development Often Misses the Mark | 57 |
Notes on Educational | 71 |
An Exploratory Study of Race | 85 |
Who You Think I Am Is Not Necessarily Who I Think I | 97 |
African American | 121 |
The Power of Urban Art and Culture | 131 |
Appreciating the Landscape That Urban Youth of Color Must | 193 |
www wwwwwww IV Teaching City Kids | 211 |
A Recipe | 223 |
Supporting Academic Achievement in Culturally Diverse | 233 |
Pedagogical Practices within the Prison Industrial Complex | 245 |
Learning from the Experts in Urban Neighborhoods | 255 |
Critical | 267 |
Releasing the Creative Potentials of Urban Students | 281 |
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