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Direct linkMelissa Rae Goodnight, Editor; Rodney Hopson, Editor – Studies in Educational Ethnography, 2025
"Cases Integrating Ethnography and Evaluation" examines the connections between ethnography and evaluation in educational spaces, wrestling with pressing justice and equity issues in today's societies across the world. The book provides readers from different disciplines and practice areas with detailed accounts of evaluation and…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Social Justice, Data Collection, Minority Groups
Porfilio, Brad J., Ed.; Viola, Michael J., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
Illuminating hip-hop as an important cultural practice and a global social movement, this collaborative project highlights the emancipatory messages and cultural work generated by the organic intellectuals of global hip-hop. Contributors describe the social realities--globalization, migration, poverty, criminalization, and racism--youth are…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Critical Theory, Multicultural Education, Cultural Activities
Eddy, Robert, Ed. – 1996
This book convincingly shows that the United States should adopt multiculturalism so that it doesn't become monoculturally provincial in a global society, and so that it can survive in the twentieth century as a democratizing force rather than a future Bosnia. The book is divided into two sections: (1) "Theories and Issues in…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Relations, Minority Groups
Williams, Mary E., Ed. – 1997
Books in the Opposing Viewpoints series challenge readers to question their own opinions and assumptions. By reading carefully balanced views, readers confront new ideas on the topic of interest. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited job discrimination based on age, race, religion, gender, or national origin, provided the groundwork for…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Public Policy
Leone, Bruno, Ed. – 1994
Books in the Opposing Viewpoints Series present debates about current issues that can be used to teach critical reading and thinking skills. The varied opinions in each collection explore aspects of a social, cultural, or political issue. A great deal of money has been spent in this country to eradicate poverty, but the problem remains. Some…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Definitions, Disadvantaged Youth, Government Role
Szumski, Bonnie, Ed. – 1996
Books in the Opposing Viewpoints Series present debates about current issues that can be used to teach critical reading and thinking skills. The varied opinions in each book examine different aspects of a single issue. The topics covered in this volume explore the racial and ethnic tensions that concern many Americans today. The racial divide…
Descriptors: Achievement, Affirmative Action, Blacks, Conflict
Harris, Dean A., Ed. – 1995
Authors of color share their thoughts on diversity, difference, pluralism, privilege, and ethnicity in essays that are meant to speak to the attempt by white scholars to reserve to themselves the power to define these terms. Each writer represented in this collection is attempting to validate a marginalized perspective and its corollary arguments…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
Addams, Jane – 1994
This book presents speeches and essays by Jane Addams, from the period between 1893 and 1930, that present a view of education as a broad process of cultural transformation and renewal, as the foundation of democracy. Among the topics presented are: (1) an exploration of some of the problems women faced upon graduating from college and returning…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Needs
Download full textYu, Corrine M., Ed.; Taylor, William L., Ed. – 1995
This report is the work of the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan group of former federal officials with responsibility for equal opportunity. Part 1 contains three chapters: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Executive Summary and Review"; and (3) "Recommendations of the Commission." Part 2 contains the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Role, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education
Dawtrey, Liz, Ed.; And Others – 1995
The articles in this reader provide a review of the history of education policy in relation to issues of equality and inequality. They also offer an overview and critique of specific areas of policy and a look at the ways policies operate in practice. The eight papers of Part 1, "History of Education Policy," outline the history of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Katz, Michael B., Ed. – 1993
Thirteen papers explore the African American experience of poverty and ghetto formation; forces shaping contemporary urban poverty; and mobility and family strategies among groups differentiated by ethnicity, race, and labor market position. The introduction, "The Urban 'Underclass' as a Metaphor of Social Transformation" (M. B. Katz),…
Descriptors: Blacks, Disadvantaged, Ethnic Groups, Etiology
Peer reviewedMadison, Anna-Marie, Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1991
The six articles of this special issue focus on minority issues in program evaluation. The aim is to begin a discussion of minority concerns about the impact of cultural dominance on definitions of social goals, the measurement of outcomes, and the political consequences of the selection of evaluation methods. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Reis, Sally M., Ed. – National Association for Gifted Children (NJ3), 2004
The National Association for Gifted Children series "Essential Readings in Gifted Education," edited by Sally M. Reis, is a comprehensive collection of the leading research, theories, and findings that span more than 25 years. Each volume tackles the major issues, chronicles chief trends, and imparts effective models and solutions for gifted…
Descriptors: Gifted, Children, Academically Gifted, Identification
McFate, Katherine, Ed.; Lawson, Roger, Ed.; Wilson, William Julius, Ed. – 1995
This book analyzes forces fraying the social fabric of many countries, and the reasons why some Western countries have been more successful than others in addressing these trends. Part 1, "Poverty, Income Inequality, and Labor Market Insecurity: A Comparative Perspective," includes (1) "Markets and States: Poverty Trends and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Citizenship, Economic Change, Entrepreneurship
Johnson, Kenneth F.; And Others – 1985
In an attempt to formulate a set of testable propositions about the dynamics of Hispanic life that will be valuable pedagogically and as a basis for public policy formation, this study assesses the impact of Hispanic Americans on Wichita, Kansas. Chapter 1 identifies the Hispanic origins of Kansas' 63,339 Hispanics who represent 2.7% of the…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Cultural Background, Educational Needs, Ethnic Studies
