Resegregation as Curriculum: The Meaning of the New Racial Segregation in U.S. Public Schools

ISBN-13: 9781138812819 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 164 str.

Jerry Rosiek; Kathy Kinslow

Opis

Resegregation as Curriculum offers a compelling look at the formation and implementation of school resegregation as contemporary education policy, as well as its impact on the meaning of schooling for students subject to such policies. Working from a ten-year study of a school district undergoing a process of resegregation, Rosiek and Winslow examine the ways this "new racial segregation" is rationalized and the psychological and sociological effects it has on the children of all races in that community. Drawing on critical race theory, agential realism, and contemporary pragmatist semiotics, the authors expose how these events functioned as a hidden curriculum that has profound repercussions on the students' identity formation, self-worth, conceptions of citizenship, and social hope. This important account of racial stratification of educational opportunity expands our understanding of the negative consequences of racial segregation in schools and serves as a critical resource for academics, educators, and experts who are concerned about the effects of resegregation nationwide.

Spis treści

Preface: Critical Race Theory, Agential Realism, and the Evidence of Experience: A Methodological and Theoretical Preface. 1. Introduction: Resegregation in Riverton and the Nation. 2. Forty Acres and a School: Community Discourse About Resegregation. 3. The Children are Watching: Demography as Social Text. 4. Ghetto West: Students Read Other Signifiers of Stratification. 5. Caught in the Curricular Net: Material and Symbolic Entanglements of Resegregation. 6. Why Are They Doing This To Us? More Resistance than Resignation. 7. Conclusions and Implications: The Reality of Resegregation. Epilogue