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Stubborn roots [electronic resource] : race, culture, and inequality in U.S. and South African schools / Prudence L. Carter

Author
Carter, Prudence L.
Published
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Distinctions and Convergences: A Brief History of Race and Education in the United States and South Africa -- 2.Selecting "Good" Schools in the United States and South Africa -- 3.The Paradoxes of Opportunity: Resources, Boundaries, and Organizational-Racial Habitus -- 4.Cultural Flexibility: The (un)Making of Multicultural Navigators -- 5.The More Things Change, the More Threatening They Feel: White Youths' Attitudes on Equity -- 6.Equity and Empathy: Growing Equality of Opportunity -- 7.Stubborn Roots: Weeding Out Educational Inequality.
Summary
The author shows how school communities can better incorporate previously disadvantaged groups and engender equity by addressing socio-cultural contexts and promoting 'cultural flexibility'. She also raises timely questions about the social, political, and philosophical purposes of multiracial schooling that have been greatly ignored by many, and cautions against narrow approaches to education that merely focus on test-scores and resources.
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ISBN
9780199951147 (ebook)
0199951144 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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