Keepin' It Real: School Success Beyond Black and White

ISBN-13: 9780195325232 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 240 str.

Prudence L. Carter

Opis

How can we help African American and Latino students perform better in the classroom and on exams? In Keepin' It Real: School Success Beyond Black and White, Prudence Carter argues that what is needed is a broader recognition of the unique cultural styles and practices that non-white students bring to the classroom. Based on extensive interviews and surveys of students in New York, she demonstrates that the most successful negotiators of our school systems are the multicultural navigators, culturally savvy teens who draw from multiple traditions, whether it be knowledge of hip hop or of classical music, to achieve their high ambitions.

Recenzje

Keepin' it Real provides the reader with a very rich description of the processes involved in a student's ability to maneuver between school, where dominant culture reigns, and their own community. Policy makers as well as educations should listen to Carter's call for teachers to become "multicultural navigators" Educators, researchers, and policy makers will benefit from undertaking the dynamics described in Keepin' it Real.

O autorze

Prudence L. Carter is Associate Professor in the School of Education at Stanford University. She won the 2006 Oliver Cromwell Cox Award and was a finalist for the 2005 C. Wright Mills Award for Keepin' It Real.