Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States - Softcover

Spring, Joel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073131776 ISBN 13: 9780073131771

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2006

Synopsis

This text is a concise history of Anglo American racism and school policies affecting dominated groups in the United States. It focuses on the educational, legal, and social construction of race and racism, and on educational practices related to deculturalization, segregation, and the civil rights movement. Spring emphasizes issues of power and control in schools and shows how the dominant Anglo class has stripped away the culture of minority peoples in the U.S. and replaced it with the dominant culture. In the process, he gives voice to the often-overlooked perspectives of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and Native Americans. An understanding of these historical perspectives and how they impact current conditions and policies is critical to teachers’ success or failure in today’s diverse classrooms.

Very brief and affordable, Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality is an ideal supplement for Introduction/Foundations of Education, Multicultural Education, or any course that seeks to expand student notions of what U.S. education has been and can be.

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GROUPS: Chapters 2 and 3 discuss the dramatic effect deculturalization has had on the education of Native Americans and Puerto Ricans.
ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION: Spring discusses segregation in American education in terms of economic exploitation, where a sense of inferiority was created within the segregated group and a sense of superiority within the dominant group. For example, African, Mexican, and Asian Americans were segregated as part of the process of providing inexpensive labor in this country.
CONTEMPORARY: Current issues are discussed such as bilingual education, multicultural education, immigration, and the 'Culture Wars.'
ASIAN AMERICANS: A new Chapter 4 on Asian Americans explores the changing public images of Asian Americans from 'yellow peril' to 'model minority.'
HISPANIC/LATINO AMERICANS: A new Chapter 5 on Hispanic/Latino Americans discusses the difficulty of clearly defining 'Hispanic' and 'Latino' and explores the concept of La Raza and its implications for concepts of cultural identity.
ADDED CONTENT: Concepts of 'race' and 'racism' are based on US citizenship and education laws and court rulings, including the 'drop of blood' rule of Southern states during segregation. The text discusses why for some Americans racism and democracy are not conflicting beliefs but part of a general system of American values.
TIMELINES: Citizenship timelines indicate when each group considered gained full citizenship rights.
COMPING GUIDELINE: While this is a very brief (124 pp.), very focused, point-of-view History of Education text, it often is used in Foundations of and Introduction to Education courses to spur student critical thinking and expand their notions of what US education has been and is. Look for professors using a series of paperbacks.
BOOK'S POSITION: Joel Spring's concise history of Anglo American racism and school policies affecting dominated groups in the United States seeks to expand student notions of what American education has been and is. A pull-out of chapters from Spring's The American School 1642-2000 and very brief and affordable, Deculturalization is an ideal supplement for Introduction/Foundations of Education or Multicultural Education.

About the Author:

Joel Spring received his Ph.D. in educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin. He is currently a Professor at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His great-great-grandfather was the first Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory and his grandfather, Joel S. Spring, was a local district chief at the time Indian Territory became Oklahoma. He currently teaches at Queens College of the City University of New York. His major research interests are history of education, multicultural education, Native American culture, the politics of education, global education, and human rights education. He is the author of over twenty books and the most recent are How Educational Ideologies are Shaping Global Society; Education and the Rise of the Global Economy; The Universal Right to Education: Justification, Definition, and Guidelines; Globalization and Educational Rights; and Educating the Consumer Citizen: A History of the Marriage of Schools, Advertising, and Media.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0073131776
• ISBN 13: 9780073131771
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 168