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Bennett, Pamela R.; Lutz, Amy; Jayaram, Lakshmi – Teachers College Press, 2021
Is the American dream that exists for the middle class equally available to the working class? Using extensive interviews with parents and a variety of data sources, this book examines how social contexts and culture affect parenting decisions. By analyzing class differences in neighborhoods, schools, and networks, as well as their relationship to…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Social Differences, Social Class, Social Justice
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Normand, Romuald, Ed.; Moos, Lejf, Ed.; Liu, Moos, Ed.; Tulowitzki, Pierre, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2021
This book identifies the cultural and moral foundations of country-specific educational governance and school leadership and presents the principles of justice and the diversity of common goods that guide leadership practices in schools. It contributes to an existing research field that studies diversity and ethical leadership in schools. The…
Descriptors: Governance, Instructional Leadership, Cultural Influences, Moral Values
Treviño, Ernesto, Ed.; Carrasco, Diego, Ed.; Claes, Ellen, Ed.; Kennedy, Kerry J., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2021
This Open Access book presents an international group of scholars seeking to understand how youth from different cultures relate to modern multidimensional concepts of citizenship, and the roles that education and society have in shaping the views of the world's future citizens. The book also explores how different aspects of citizenship, such as…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Citizenship, Role of Education, Citizenship Education
Stein, Pippa – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Multimodal Pedagogies in Diverse Classrooms examines how the classroom can become a democratic space founded on the integration of different histories, modes of representation, feelings, languages and discourses, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the connection between multimodality, pedagogy, democracy and social justice in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Social Justice, Student Diversity
Feinberg, Walter – 1998
This book examines issues of national and cultural identity in a multicultural society. It focuses on the educational aims of societies that are committed to liberal democratic principles, societies that support members of different cultural groups so that these groups may flourish. It examines the philosophical concerns raised by multicultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Culture, Democratic Values
Humphreys, Debra – 1997
This monograph reports on a study which examined how 92 colleges participating in a multiproject initiative, "American Commitments: Diversity, Democracy and Liberal Learning," are addressing issues of diversity in their general education curricula, policies, and practices. Chapter 1 focuses on emerging trends and promising practices, and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Curriculum, Colleges, Core Curriculum
Pignatelli, Frank, Ed.; Pflaum, Susanna W., Ed. – 1993
This publication is the first annual yearbook of the Bank Street College of Education (New York) and discusses the effects of actions by educators and others in light of concerns for equity, focusing on New York City schools. The volume includes scholarly chapters and chapters on policy and advocacy, and authors address practical and theoretical…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values, Educational Change
Nieto, Sonia – 2003
This book examines what can be learned from veteran teachers who not only continue to teach but also manage to remain enthusiastic about it despite deprivation and challenges. Nine chapters are: (1) "Teaching as Evolution" (e.g., lessons learned along the way and the promise of multicultural education); (2) "Teaching as…
Descriptors: Anger, Autobiographies, Cultural Differences, Democratic Values
Blandy, Doug, Ed.; Congdon, Kristin G., Ed. – 1987
Society truly cannot be democratic unless the educational systems function democratically. Art education has a role to play in this process. The perceptions of many different groups in a pluralistic society must be considered in a new multicultural approach to the teaching of art. A "Foreword" (June King McFee) and "Introduction" (Doug Blandy;…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art, Art Education, Attitudes