Antonia Darder - Culture and Difference: Critical Perspectives on the Bicultural Experience in the United States

• Antonia Darder - Culture and Difference: Critical Perspectives on the Bicultural Experience in the United States
• Bergin & Garvey | ISBN: 0897893840 | 1995-12-30 | PDF | 288 pages | 13.50 Mb
• The yearning to remember who we are is not easily detected in the qualitative dimensions of focus groups and ethnographic research methods; nor is it easily measured in standard quantified scientific inquiry. It is deeply rooted, obscured by layer upon layer of human efforts to survive the impact of historical amnesia induced by the dominant policies and practices of advanced capitalism and postmodern culture. Darder's introduction sets the tone by describing the formation of "Warriors for Gringostroika" and "The New Mestizas." In the words of Anzaldua, "those who cross over, pass over . . . the confines of the `normal.'" Critical essays follow by Mexicanas, poets, activists, and educators of all colors and persuasions. The collection coming out of the good work of the Southern California University system relates to all locales and spectrums of the human condition and will no doubt inspire excellent creativity of knowing and remembering among all who chance to read any part thereof.
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Barry Kanpol - Critical Pedagogy: An Introduction, 2nd Edition

• Barry Kanpol - Critical Pedagogy: An Introduction, 2nd Edition
• Bergin & Garvey | ISBN: 0897895525 | 1999-04-30 | PDF | 224 pages | 9.99 Mb
• Critical pedagogy refers to the means and methods of testing and attempting to change the structures of schools that allow inequities. It is a cultural-political tool that takes seriously the notion of human differences, particularly those related to race, class, and gender. Critical pedagogy seeks to release the oppressed and unite people in a shared language of critique, struggle, and hope, to end various forms of human suffering. In this revised edition, Kanpol takes the pre- and in-service educators along some initial steps to becoming critical pedagogists. As before, university professors and public school teachers alike will learn how to address their own prophetic commitments to belief and faith in the fight against despair, institutional chaos, oppression, death of spirit, and exile.
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Marilyn Daniels - Dancing with Words: Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy

• Marilyn Daniels - Dancing with Words: Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy
• Bergin & Garvey | ISBN: 0897897234 | 2000-10-30 | PDF | 200 pages | 8.06 Mb
• One of the foremost authorities on the use of sign language with hearing children provides a guide for teachers and parents who want to introduce signing in hearing children's language development. Marilyn Daniels provides a complete explanation for its use, a short history of sign language and its primary role within the Deaf community, an identification of the steps to reading success delineated with suggestions for incorporating sign language, and the results of studies and reactions of children, teachers, and parents. She shows how sign language can be used to improve hearing children's English vocabulary, reading ability, spelling proficiency, self-esteem, and comfort with expressing emotions. Signing also facilitates communication, aids teachers with classroom management, and has been shown to promote a more comfortable learning environment while initiating an interest and enthusiasm for learning on the part of students.
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