Transformative Ethnic Studies in Schools

Christine E. Sleeter is professor emerita in the College of Education at California State University, Monterey Bay.Miguel Zavala is an associate professor of teaching in the School of Education at the University of California, Riverside.

• ContentsSeries Foreword James A. Banks  ixAcknowledgments  xvii1.  What Is All This Fuss About Ethnic Studies?  1A Story of Schooling and the Legacies of Colonialism  1Ethnic Studies as a Decolonizing, Unfinished Project  4Epistemic Privilege: Propelling the Movement Forward  5Ethnic Studies in Our Schools  6Hallmarks of Ethnic Studies  8Overview of This Book  18Joining the Struggle for Ethnic Studies  192.  Mainstream Curriculum as (Multicultural) White Studies  25Whose Viewpoint Structures Curriculum? A Contested Domain  26What Do Current Curriculum Analyses Find?  29Assumptions Embedded Within (Multicultural) White Studies  39Students’ Perspectives  42Conclusion  473.  What the Research Says About Ethnic Studies  49Academic and Personal Impact on Students of Color  50Ethnic Studies for Diverse Groups That Include White Students  69Conclusion  754.  Ethnic Studies Curriculum as Counternarrative  77Ethnic Studies as a Conceptual Approach  77Ethnic Studies in Early Childhood  80Black Studies in High School  84Native American Studies  87Asian American Studies  93Ethnic Studies With Diverse Students  97Youth Participatory Action Research and Ethnic Studies  100Conclusion  1035.  Ethnic Studies Teachers’ Reflections on Their Praxis  105Ethnic Studies Teachers  106Identity as Central to Teaching  107Foundational Values  110Key Challenges  118Conclusion  1246.  Student Perspectives on Ethnic Studies  127Ethnic Studies Students  128Beyond Traditional High School History  128Nurturing Ethnic Identities  130Nurturing Racial Literacies  133Nurturing Academic Identities  135Other Impacts  136Shortcomings  140Conclusion  1417.  Research and the Movement for Ethnic Studies  143Uses of Research in the Growing Movement for Ethnic Studies  144Ethnic Studies Advocates  145The Role of Research in Ethnic Studies Advocacy  146Challenges  155Sustainable Research and Advocacy  159Looking Toward the Future  162References  167Index  187About the Authors  197

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