Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Clashes and Confrontations

Contributions by Dawn Abt-Perkins, Ruth Balf, Matthew Brown, Jacqueline Deal, Elizabeth Dutro, Kimberly Adilia Helmer, Stephanie Jones, Elham Kazemi, Aaron Kuntz, Kysa Nygreen, Eileen Carlton Parsons, Melanie Shoffner, Steven Wall, Victoria Whitefield Edited by Lisa Scherff, Karen Spector

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Publication date:

16 December 2010

Length of book:

196 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781607094210

The authors in this edited volume reflect on their experiences with culturally relevant pedagogy_as students, as teachers, as researchers_and how these experiences were often at odds with their backgrounds and/or expectations. Each of the authors speaks to the complexity and difficulty in attempting to address students' cultures, create learning experiences with relevance to their lives and experiences, and enact pedagogies that promote academic achievement while honoring students. At the same time, every author shows the clashes and confrontations that can arise between and among students, teachers, parents, administrators, and educational policies.

Chapter 1 Foreword: Looking for a Little Inspiration
Chapter 2 Introduction: Clashes and Confrontations with Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Chapter 3 Opening Vignette: Recognizing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Then and Now
Chapter 4 1. Unpacking the Critical in Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: An Illustration Involving African Americans and Asian Americans
Chapter 5 2. Race, Identity, and the Shredding of a District Survey: Following Children into Relevance in an Urban Elementary Classroom
Chapter 6 3. The Central Paradox of Critical Pedagogy: Learning from Practice in an Urban "Last Chance" High School
Chapter 7 4. From Understanding to Application: The Difficulty of Culturally Responsive Teaching as a Beginning English Teacher
Chapter 8 Vignette: Lotus: A Pedagogy of Listening
Chapter 9 5. Reading Romeo and Juliet and Talking Sex: Critical Ideological Consciousness as Ethical Practice
Chapter 10 6. "'Proper' Spanish is a Waste of Time": Mexican-origin Student Resistance to Learning their Heritage Language
Chapter 11 7. Bodies Before Me
Chapter 12 Closing Vignette: The Distance of Formality: Working Within (and through) Propriety

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Clashes and Confrontations reveals many unexpected difficulties educators may face when attempting to create a culturally relevant classroom and curriculum. As educators, the importance of addressing cultural needs in our classrooms is often emphasized , but oftentimes it doesn't seem to work quite like we expect. Through the sharing of personal experiences and reflections of educators testing the theories behind culturally relevant pedagogy, this book provokes reflection on the process of creating and implementing more culturally relevant classrooms.