Urban Education: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators, Parents, and Teachers

Brief Description: Maintaining that urban teaching and learning is characterized by numerous contradictions, this book proposes that there is a wide range of social, cultural, psychological, and pedagogical knowledge that urban educators must possess in order to engage in effective and transformative practice. It is necessary for teachers in urban schools to be scholar-practitioners, as opposed to bureaucrats who only follow rather than analyze, understand, and create. Ten major sections cover the myriad issues of urban education as it exists today: context of urban education, race and ethnicity, social justice, teaching and pedagogy, power and urban education, language issues, cultural issues of urban schools as seen in the media, research in city schools, aesthetics and the proximity of cultural institutions, and education policy. Sixty one essays written by specialists in teacher education; public policy; sociology; psychology; applied linguistics; forestry; urban studies; school administration; cultural studies; evaluation; and linguistics, provide a blueprint for scholars, teachers, parents, urban politicians, school administrators, policy professionals, and others seeking to understand the situation of urban schools across America today. Biographical Note: Joe L. Kincheloe is the Canada Research Chair, Faculty Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. kecia hayes is a doctoral candidate in the Ph. D. program in urban education, The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. Karel Rose is professor of education and women's studies, Brooklyn College, and doctoral faculty, CUNY Graduate Center. Philip M. Anderson is professor and executive officer, Program in Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center, and professor of secondary education and youth services, Queens College/CUNY. Table of Contents: Part 1 The Context of Urban Education Part 2 Race/Ethnicity and Urban Education Part 3 Social Justice Part 4 Teaching and Pedagogy Part 5 Power and Urban Education Part 6 Cultural Studies and Urban Education Part 7 Research and Urban Education Part 8 Aesthetics and Urban Education Part 9 Education Policy and Urban EducationMarc Notes: The Praeger handbook of urban education: two wolumes ... was originally published in hardcover by Greenwood Press ... c2006--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [579]-596) and index. Review Citations:

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Contributor Bio:  Kincheloe, Joe L JOE L. KINCHELOE is Professor of Education at the City University of New York Graduate Center and Brooklyn College where he has served as the Belle Zeller Chair of Public Policy and Admnistration. He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles, most notably "The Sign of the Burger: McDonald's and the Culture of Power" and "Measured Lies: The Bell Curve Examined." Shirley R. Steinberg is Associate Professor Education at Brooklyn College. She is the senior editor of "Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education" and the author and editor of many books and articles, most notably "Kinderculture: The Corporate Construction of Childhood" and "Measured Lies: The Bell Curve Examined."Contributor Bio:  Hayes, Kecia KECIA HAYES is a Doctoral Candidate, Ph. D. program in Urban Education, The City University of New York Graduate Center, and a trustee of the Harlem Episcopal School, New York, NY. She has worked as an educator in a number of formal and informal settings. Her research focuses on ways in which social policy and practice influence children and parents of color in urban communities, as well as on the educational experiences of youth in criminal justice system. Contributor Bio:  Rose, Karel KAREL ROSE is Professor of Education and Women's Studies, Brooklyn College, and Doctoral Faculty, The City University of New York Graduate Center. Recently honored by Brooklyn College with the Teacher of Excellence Award, Dr. Rose has worked extensively with K-12 teachers in the U. S. and abroad. Her work focuses on women's issues, African-American literature, the arts in general, and teacher education. Contributor Bio:  Anderson, Philip M PHILIP M. ANDERSON is Professor and Executive Officer, Program in Urban Education, The City University of New York Graduate Center and Professor of Secondary Education and Youth Services at Queens College/CUNY. His numerous publications cover reading, English curriculum, cultural theories and schooling, teacher preparation, and curriculum theory and practice.