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deculturalization and the struggle for equality a brief history of the education of dominated cultures in the united states
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 todays diverse classrooms . p 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 .
paperback mcgraw hill humanities social sciences langua 2009 isbn13 9780073378732 isbn10 0073378739
abridged n isbn 13 9780073378732 number in series 1 number of pages 166 publisher mcgraw hill college release date 62135769600000