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Culturally contested pedagogy : battles of literacy and schooling between mainstream teachers and Asian immigrant parents /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | SUNY series, power, social identity, and education.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423747895 9781423747895 0791465934 9780791465936 0791465942 9780791465943 0791482545 9780791482544 |