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Toward an Ethnic Studies Pedagogy: Implications for K-12 Schools from the Research.

Authors :
Tintiangco-Cubales, Allyson
Kohli, Rita
Sacramento, Jocyl
Henning, Nick
Agarwal-Rangnath, Ruchi
Sleeter, Christine
Source :
Urban Review; Mar2015, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p104-125, 22p
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

In direct contrast to Arizona's criminalization of Ethnic Studies in Arizona, the San Francisco Unified School District's Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution to support Ethnic Studies in their schools. As schools across the country begin to place Ethnic Studies courses on their master schedules, the lack of preparation and education to support effective Ethnic Studies teaching has emerged as a problem. Therefore, the central questions addressed in this paper are: What is Ethnic Studies pedagogy? and What are its implications for hiring and preparing K- 12 teachers? This is a conceptual article that builds upon existing research studies to investigate the pedagogy of effective K-12 teachers of Ethnic Studies. From this literature, we identify several patterns in their pedagogy: culturally responsive pedagogy, community responsive pedagogy and teacher racial identity development. We then tease out these components, briefly reviewing the literature for each, leading to a synthesized definition of Ethnic Studies pedagogy. We conclude the paper by providing recommendations for practice and research in the interest of preparing and supporting effective Ethnic Studies teaching in K-12 classrooms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00420972
Volume :
47
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Urban Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
101229263
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-014-0280-y