| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series, power, social identity, and education |
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SUNY series, power, social identity, and education.
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| Contents |
Literacy instruction and cross-cultural discourses -- The city, the school, and the families -- Literacy and culture battles: teacher beliefs and parent perspectives -- Beginning forays in the battles: Sandy, Anthony, Kevin, and Alana -- Living through the battles: Billy, Andy, Jake, and Tina -- Understanding the battles of literacy and culture: conflicts and complexities -- Learning from the battles: toward a pedagogy of culrutal reciprocity |
| Summary |
"The voices of teachers, parents and students create a compelling ethnographic study that examines the debate between traditional and progressive pedagogies in literacy education and the mismatch of cross-cultural discourses between mainstream schools and Asian families. This book focuses on a Vancouver suburb where the Chinese population has surpassed the white community numerically and socioeconomically, but not politically, and where the author uncovers disturbing cultural conflicts, educational dissensions, and "silent" power struggles between school and home."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Asian Americans -- Education -- United States
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Asians -- Education -- Canada
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Children of immigrants -- Education -- United States
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Children of immigrants -- Education -- Canada
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Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States
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Literacy -- Social aspects -- Canada
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Parent-teacher relationships -- United States
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Parent-teacher relationships -- Canada
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EDUCATION -- Students & Student Life.
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Asian Americans -- Education
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Asians -- Education
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Children of immigrants -- Education
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Literacy -- Social aspects
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Parent-teacher relationships
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Canada
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1423747895 |
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9781423747895 |
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0791465934 |
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9780791465936 |
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0791465942 |
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9780791465943 |
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0791482545 |
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9780791482544 |
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