Overview

Contributing authors share a deep commitment to naming ways in which social exclusion has diminished the educational and life chances of many students in our various sites of work and regions of the world – and to moving the discourse and action beyond pedagogies of exclusion to a more visionary and inclusive praxis.

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Author:   B. Swadener ,  C. Grant ,  S. Mitakidou ,  E. Tressou
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349377404

ISBN 10:   1349377406
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   11 August 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Series Editors' Preface; M.N.Bloch , G.S.Cannella  & B.Blue Swadener Foreword; Joseph Tobin Introduction; B.Blue Swadener , S.Mitakidou , E.Tressou  & C.Grant PART I: PEDAGOGIES AND POLICIES OF INCLUSION Learner Differences: Determining the Terms of Pedagogical Engagement; M.Kalantzis  & B.Cope Language as Racism: A New Policy of Exclusion; P.Gounari & D.Macedo Policies as Top-Down Structures versus as Lived Realities: An Investigation of Literacy Policies in Greek Schools; T.Kostouli  & S.Mitakidou Pedagogies of Inclusion: Lessons from Escola Cidadã; G.E.Fischman  & L.Armando Gandin Persistent Exclusions in Post-Apartheid Education: Experiences of Black Parents; B.Ndimande PART II: CURRICULAR CONVERSATIONS: SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES The Curriculum and Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion; W.Au  & M.Apple Starting with What the Children and their Families Know: An Argentine Elementary School Addresses Issues of Underperformance of Bolivian Immigrant Children; M.Q.Foote  & M.Mazzola Toward Democracy in Classrooms and Social Studies; D.Hess  & S.Murto Culturally Inclusive Mathematics Practices; W.Secada PART III: TOWARD INCLUSIONARY TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Pedagogies of Inclusion in Teacher Education: Global Perspectives; C.E.Sleeter Toward a ""Critical Emancipatory Mezcla Praxis"": Xicana Participatory Action Research in Teacher Education; L.Diaz Soto Equity Issues in Early Childhood Teacher Learning in Australia; G.MacNaughton How the Politics of Domestication Sabotage Teachers' Professional Growth and Students' Learning; A.Rodriguez Re-Thinking American Education through Indigenous Wisdom and Teachings; K.Manuelito  & M.Roanhorse-Dineyahze Reframing Refugee Education in Kenya as an Inclusionary Practice of Pedagogy; W.Pauline Gichiru  & D.B.Larkin Epilogue; C.A.Grant"

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Hope and despair, participation and exclusion, education and misunderstanding - Beyond Pedagogies of Exclusion in Diverse Contexts brings these tensions into focus through the commitment of scholars who seek to engage ways of learning and knowing that bring peoples and their cultures and languages together to forge a rich tapestry of practitioners for the world of tomorrow. - Elizabeth Kozleski, Professor, Education Policy, Leadership & Curriculum, and Executive Director, the Equity Alliance, Arizona State University

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Beth Blue Swadener is a Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University.

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