Staff, Parents and Politics in Head Start

A Case Study in Unequal Power, Knowledge and Material Resources

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

Av Peggy A. Sissel

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This book takes the reader inside the workings of Head Start, drawing attention to the inequalities in power, knowledge, and material resources that exist in the United States. It traces the dialectical relationship between the thoughts and actions of staff members and parents.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1999-12-01
Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt790 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Education/Politics
Antal sidor340
FörlagTaylor & Francis Inc
ISBN9780815331032

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Series Editor’s Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Public and Private Worlds of Head Start -- Chapter 1 In the War Zone: Head Start’s Facilities and Funding -- Chapter 2 Head Start’s Philosophy and Framework: -- An Overview of Ideology, Politics, and Promises -- Chapter 3 A House Divided: The Micropolitics of Head Start Staff -- Chapter 4 Some Parents Are Better Than Others: The Politics of Class, Race, and Gender in Head Start -- Chapter 5 Mixed Messages: Information as Political Resource in Parent Programming -- Chapter 6 Defining “Appropriate Behavior”: Power -- and Control Issues in Parent and Staff Relations -- Chapter 7 Coming Together and Coming Apart: -- Accommodation, Resistance, and the Reproduction of Power -- Chapter 8 Metaphors of Separation and Community: Implications of Micropolitics in Programs -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.