Politics and the Schools - Theme issue - Journal Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 1992

Oct 15, 2026

Politics and the Schools is a themed issue of the journal Educational Foundations (Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 1992) focused on the relationship between politics and education. The issue brings together five articles examining racial awareness and teacher knowledge, critiques and portraits of Afrocentric curricula, models of parental involvement and mentorship for school culture, the effects of educational apartheid through case studies in South Africa, and structural barriers to cultural diversity in higher education. Contributions analyze how social order, race, gender, class, and institutional practices shape educational conditions and inclusion.

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Introduction: Politics and the Schools

Resisting Racial Awareness: How Teachers Understand the Social Order from Their Racial, Gender, and Social Class Locations

Afrocentrisms: Capitalist, Democratic, and Liberationist Portraits

Parent Mentorship: Socializing Children to School Culture

Dismantling Educational Apartheid: Case Studies from South Africa

Institutional Inertia to Achieving Diversity: Transforming Resistance into Celebration

AUTHOR TITLE INSTITUTION SPONS AGENCY REPORT NO PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM PUB TYPE JOURNAL CIT EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT DOCUMENT RESUME Borman,Kathryn M.,Ed.;0'Reilly,Patricia,Ed. Politics and the Schools. American Educationa1 Studies Association. Cincinnati Univ.,Ohio. ISSN-1047-8248 92 117p. Caddo Gap Press,915 L Street,Suite C-414,Sacramento,CA 95814($7.50). Collected Works -Serials(022)--Reports -Descriptive(141)Educational Foundations;v6 n2 Spr 1992 MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. *African Studies;Apartheid;Black Studies;Cu1turalDifferences;Elementary Secondary Education;ForeignCount.ries;*Foundations of Education;*InstitutionalRole;Mu1ticultural Education;Parent Influence;Parent Participation;Parent School Relationship;Parent Student Relationship;*Politics of Education;Racial Attitudes;Racial Segregation;*Role ofEducation;Social Class;*Social Structure;TeacherAttitudes;Teacher BackgroundSouth Africa This theme issue of the serial "Educational Foundations"contains five articles devoted to the topic of "Politicsand the Schools."In "Resisting Racial Awareness:How TeachersUnderstand the Social Order from Their Racia1,Gender,and SocialC1ass Locations,"Christine E.S1eeter discusses the conception ofmu1ticu1tural education of 30 teachers,26 of whom are white,andconcludes that teachers integrate information about race provided inmulticultural teacher education programs into the knowledge theya1ready have,much more than they reconstruct that knowledge.AlanWieder's "Afrocentrisms:Capitalists,Democratics,and LiberationistPortraits"reviews the πu1tidimensional aspects of Afrocentriccurricula.Concha Delgado-Gaitan and Nadeen T.Ruiz's "ParentMentorship:Socializing Children to School Culture"examines threecommon models of parental involvement programs:(1)family impactmode1;(2)schoo1 impact mode1;and(3)cooperative system mode1.In"Dismantling Educational Apartheid:Case Studies from South Africa,"Beverly Lindsay explores the resu1ts of apartheid on contemporaryeducational conditions by investigating six 1ocal schools in SouthAfrica.In the final article,"Institutional Inertia to AchievingDiversity:Transforming Resistance into Celebration,"Nancy P.Greenman,and others,discuss structural barriers to cu1turaldiversity in higher education.(Author/CK) ☆****☆*☆***☆***************☆****************☆**☆c*☆☆**☆*☆☆**☆*☆**☆**☆** *Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made☆ 六from the original document.六 ☆*☆*☆*********☆*********☆*☆☆☆**☆***☆***☆☆****☆*☆***☆*☆*☆☆*☆*********六* 上ducational tions U s.DEPATMENT UF EDUCATIONONce o Educstronal Research and improvementEDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION1e Theme:CENTER(ERICIand the SchoolsVolume 6"PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THISVumber 2机HSpring 1992JONESTO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER(ERIC)." Thu document h bgo(oroducdrocPd from热e 0arson or orcan alooriqinating it 口Minor changes have been mede to mproveraproduction quality Pornsofvi0w Oopinionss!atedinihisdocUment do not necessanly represent officialOERI posrtron or polcy Politics ED 369663 Ajourmal of the-- Americans Educational.Studies AssociationfocusingOcs intexdisciplinary aspectsof the educationalt foundationsSponsured byPublished bythe University of Cincinnati2Caddo Gap Press Educational Foundations Volume 6,Number 2,Spring 1992 Co-Edi ors Ka aryn M.BormanPat:icia O'Reilly Department of Educational Foundations.University of Cincinnati Editorial Board Deborah Britzman.State University of New York at BinghamtonJames Covert,Memorial University of NewfoundlandFrederick Erickson.University of PennsylvaniaJane Gaskell,University of British ColumbiaJames M.Giarelli,Rutgers UniversityBeth Goldstein.University of Kentucky Maxine Greene.Teachers College,Columbia UniversityAlan H.Jones.Caddo Gap Press Faustine C.Jones-Wilson,Howard UniversityVictor N.Kobayashi,University of Hawaii.HonoluluMargaret LeCompte.Universit

FAQs

What is the main theme of this issue of Educational Foundations?

The issue is devoted to the topic “Politics and the Schools,” focusing on how political and social forces shape educational practice and conditions.

How does one article explain teachers’ racial awareness?

Christine E. Sleeter discusses how teachers understand the social order through their racial, gender, and social class locations, emphasizing how teachers integrate race-related information from multicultural teacher education into existing knowledge.

What does the issue include about parental involvement in school culture?

Concha Delgado-Gaitan and Nadeen T. Ruiz examine three common models of parental involvement programs: family impact model, school impact model, and cooperative system model.

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