Metropedagogy: Power, Justice, and the Urban ClassroomWhat might it mean to develop a rigorous, just, and practical urban education? Such a question takes on new importance in the middle of the first decade of the twenty-first century, as urban educators find themselves besieged with test-driven, standardized curricula promoted in the name of fairness, educational excellence, and egalitarianism. |
Contents
II CONTEXT | 41 |
III POWER | 85 |
RACE CLASS AND GENDER | 113 |
V JUSTICEBASED REFORM | 155 |
VI TEACHER EDUCATION | 193 |
VII POLICY | 221 |
About the contributors | 247 |
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Metropedagogy: Power, Justice, and the Urban Classroom Joe L. Kincheloe,Kecia Hayes Limited preview - 2006 |
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