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Civic Engagement in Communities of Color: Pedagogy for Learning and Life in a More Expansive Democracy. Research and Practice in Social Studies Series
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Duncan, Kristen E., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2023
Situated at the intersection of race and civics, this volume discusses how communities of color interpret and enact civics both within and beyond the classroom. Chapters focus on historical and contemporary topics ranging from issues facing Asian immigrant communities to the Black Lives Matter at School curriculum. "Civic Engagement in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, African Americans, Minority Groups, Civics
Insurgent Social Studies: Scholar-Educators Disrupting Erasure and Marginality
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Merchant, Natasha Hakimali, Ed.; Shear, Sarah B., Ed.; Au, Wayne, Ed. – Myers Education Press, 2022
Social studies education over its hundred-year history has often focused on predominantly white and male narratives. This has not only been detrimental to the increasingly diverse population of the U.S., but it has also meant that social studies as a field of scholarship has systematically excluded and marginalized the voices, teaching, and…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Civics, Equal Education, Indigenous Knowledge
Transformative Practices for Minority Student Success: Accomplishments of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions
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Maramba, Dina C., Ed.; Fong, Timothy P., Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2020
Between 2000 and 2015 the Asian American Pacific Islander population grew from nearly 12 million to over 20 million--at 72% percent recording the fastest growth rate of any major ethnic and racial group in the US. This book, the first to focus wholly on Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Institutions (AANAPISIs) and their…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Asian American Students, Pacific Islanders, American Indian Students
Asian American Education: Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages. Research on the Education of Asian Pacific Americans
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Rong, Xue Lan, Ed.; Endo, Russell, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Asian American Education--Asian American Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages presents groundbreaking research that critically challenges the invisibility, stereotyping, and common misunderstandings of Asian Americans by disrupting "customary" discourse and disputing "familiar" knowledge. The chapters in this anthology…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian American Students, Grade 10, Mathematics Achievement
Teaching American Ethnic Literatures: Nineteen Essays.
Maitino, John R., Ed.; Peck, David R., Ed. – 1996
This book features scholarly criticism on works by 19 famous authors, such as N. Scott Momaday, James Welch, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, and more. These authors' works are widely taught, but little critical comment is yet available about them. Written specifically for instructors in literature courses,…
Descriptors: American Studies, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Pluralism
People in Upheaval.
Morgan, Scott M., Ed.; Colsen, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1987
This volume of essays on migration was written primarily by graduate students in the social sciences. The authors, natives of six different countries, discuss population displacement by emphasizing these four themes: (1) the alienation of refugees; (2) the interplay between hosts and newcomers; (3) the consequences of the growth of agencies that…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Coping
Gangs in America.
Huff, C. Ronald, Ed. – 1990
This book comprised of theories and findings from researchers concerning youth gangs in the United States, is organized into the following five parts: (1) Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives on the Gang and the Community; (2) Defining and Measuring Gang Violence; (3) Diffusion, Diversity, and Drugs; (4) Assessing the Changing Knowledge…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Crime, Delinquency
Race, Ethnicity, and Minority Housing in the United States.
Momeni, Jamshid A., Ed. – 1986
Access to adequate housing is a strong indicator of inequality between whites and minority groups. Although the government has played an important role in the provision of housing for minorities through Federal Housing Acts, the recent trend is toward continuing discrimination in home rental and ownership. This book contains the following 11…
Descriptors: Access to Information, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Undereducation in America: The Demography of High School Dropouts.
Waggoner, Dorothy – 1991
This book presents the findings of a study of the demography of high school dropouts using a special analysis model applied to 1980 census results and other published data. The study sought to place findings in the context of the trends in national educational attainment in the second half of the 20th century. Data were categorized and analyzed in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Demography