How Black and working class children are deprived of basic education in Canada /
This book is the culmination of twenty-four years of research. It explores the thematic intersections of race, class, immigration, and the potential of building student-centered classrooms. Of course, the building of a truly student-centered is itself a slow and contested process. Over the years, pr...
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2014
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Table of Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I:INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1:INTRODUCTION; GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY; OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK; DEFINITION OF TERMS; Often Used Terms; Analytical Terms; School System Labels; CHAPTER 2:A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE; TEACHER-CENTRED EDUCATION DEFINED; STUDENT-CENTRED EDUCATION DEFINED; FROM PASSIVE RESISTANCE TO 'FADING OUT'; MY INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FRAMEWORK; STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULUM, TEACHING AND LEARNING; TRAINING AND THE RECOGNITION OF TEACHERS ASINTELLECTUAL WORKERS; CHAPTER 3:RESEARCH METHODOLOGYI.
- Research settinggaining access to the classroom; about the participants in the study; why a qualitative study?; ethical awareness; data collection; data analysis; part ii:data analysis; chapter 4:focus on the curriculum; one day in the life of the classroom; treatment of the critical issues of race, class, and genderin the curriculum; indoctrination through ritualistic episodes; summary; chapter 5:the teacher-centred vs. student-centredcontinuum; learning activities and the perceived role of the teacher; the limitations of a split-level classroom.
- Communication and organization in the gym and schoolyardpassive resistance: forms of student contestation; summary; chapter 6: parent involvement in education:vertical mosaic in action; the struggle of a black mother against the school system; a cry for help met by manufactured disabilities; history continues to repeat itself: the rush to document falsedisabilities and record them in the osr; other parents' involvement; highly-managed parent involvement at the school level; summary; chapter 7:myth vs. reality in public education; a school within a school: separate, but not equal.
- Distribution of educational opportunitiesin a multicultural contexta new breed of failing african-canadian students; from passive resistance to 'fading out' or fighting back; white students identify reasons why they dropped out of school; summary; chapter 8:a historical perspective; race-based statistics on achievement and streaming; on racial and gender composition of staff; school drop-out rate from 1987 to 2010; progress
- or lack of it
- towards inclusive education; summary; part iii:conclusion; chapter 9:findings and recommendations; forge a broad-based coalition to reform education.
- FREE EMPLOYMENT EQUITY POLICY FROM THE CYCLE OFWHITE MEN'S WRATHMULTICENTRIC EDUCATION: IT WILL TAKE MORE THANRE-ARRANGING THE DESKS; AIM REFORM TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF FAILING STUDENTS; MAKE RACE AND CLASS-BASED STATISTICS READILY AVAILABLE TOTHE PUBLIC; APPENDIX 1:FIELD OBSERVATION GUIDE; On the Neighbourhood; About the School; In the Classroom; APPENDIX 2:INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR STUDENTS; A- On their Background; B- About School; C- In the Classroom; APPENDIX 3:INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR FOCUS GROUPS; APPENDIX 4:INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR PARENTS; APPENDIX 5:INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR STAFF.
