Personal, passionate, participatory inquiry into social justice in education

Scope of the Book: Personal~Passionate~Participatory Inquiry into Social Justice in Education, the first book in the series, features 14 programs of social justice oriented research on life in schools, families, and communities. This work, done by a diverse group of practitioner researchers, educato...

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Other Authors He, Ming Fang (Editor), Phillion, JoAnn (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2008.
SeriesResearch for social justice.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806618965
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-930-9
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 283 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / William Ayers
  • Personal, passionate, participatory inquiry : Research for social justice / Ming Fang He and JoAnn Phillion
  • Stitched from the soul : An auto/biographical inquiry of a black woman principal / Sonya D. Jefferson
  • Teen mom : A black feminist inquiry / Advis Dell Wilkerson
  • Resilient lives : African American women scholars / Paula Booker Baker
  • Self, others, and jump rope communities : An oral history of the triumphs of African American women / Wynnetta Scott-Simmons
  • Using multicultural literature to develop empathy and compassion in preservice teachers : A first step in preparing culturally responsive teachers / Lyndall Muschell
  • A curriculum of imagination in an era of standardization / Robert Lake
  • A quiet awakening : Spinning yarns from granny's table in the new rural south / Angela Haynes
  • African American students with reading disabilities : A critical race inquiry / Margie Wiggins Sweatman
  • Language, culture, and identity : Immigrant female students in U.S. High schools / Joanna Stoughton Cavan
  • Reading through brown eyes : Toward developing a culturally congruent reading curriculum / Clara Taylor
  • Dalton's suicide : Dealing with student death in education / Teresa J. Rishel
  • Fostering justice in an unjust world : Stories of successful native American women in academia / Angela M. Jaime
  • It starts at home : The familial relationship of scholarship, education, and advocacy / Tammy A. Turner-Vorbeck
  • Becoming an agent of social change : Stories of sweatshops, sweetshops, and women's social activism / Betty Christine Eng
  • Conclusion: Personal, passionate, participatory inquiry : potentials, contributions, concerns, and future directions / JoAnn Phillion and Ming Fang He
  • Epilogue: A love letter to the personal, passionate, participatory research group / Bill Ayers.