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Sleeter, Christine E. – 1996
Multicultural education is a relatively new field that has faced a struggle for legitimacy. This book argues that multicultural education can be understood as a form of resistance to dominant modes of schooling, and particularly to white supremacy. Radical criticisms or tacit dismissals of it fragment progressive educational advocates and…
Descriptors: Activism, Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Bowser, Benjamin P., Ed. – 1995
This anthology offers comparative analyses of race, racism, and antiracism. An introduction, "The Global Community, Racism, and Anti-Racism," by Benjamin P. Bowser, provides an overview of global trends in this area. The following chapters explore historical and cultural racism in different world settings: (1) "Europe's Oldest…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Equal Education
Feather, Norman T. – 1975
Based on six years of research, this book is an interdisciplinary investigation of human values and value systems. The author believes that the concept of values enables the social scientist to bridge the gap between the analysis of the individual and the analysis of the society in which that individual lives. Chapter 1 discusses value systems and…
Descriptors: Activism, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Sommers, Christina Hoff – 2000
Under the guise of helping girls, many schools have adopted policies that penalize boys, often for simply being masculine. Arguing that boys need help catching up with girls academically, and need love, discipline, respect, and moral guidance, but do not need to be rescued from their masculinity, this book scrutinizes studies and feminist doctrine…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attitude Change, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Bachman, Jerald G.; And Others – 1980
The document presents descriptive statistical results from a national survey which examines values and lifestyles of high school seniors. The volume, fourth in a series, presents data from 1978; other volumes report results from 1975, 1976, and 1977. The report is presented in three sections. The introduction describes the study, the sample, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Use, Females, Futures (of Society)
Johnston, Lloyd D.; And Others – 1980
This book presents descriptive statistical results from a national survey which examines values and lifestyles of high school seniors. The volume, fifth in a series, presents data from 1979; other volumes report results from 1975 through 1978. Each year the study surveys a large and representative sample of high school seniors nationwide. In 1979,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Use, Females, Futures (of Society)
Morley, Louise, Ed.; Walsh, Val, Ed. – 1995
This collection of 13 essays and 1 poem demonstrates how feminist analysis of the micropolitics of British higher education in terms of power, policies, discourses, curriculum, pedagogy, and intra- and interpersonal relationships provides a framework for deprivatizing women's experiences and influencing change. It includes: (1) "Troubling…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Blacks, Career Development, College Faculty
Mee, Cynthia S. – 1997
Noting the need for middle school educators to learn directly from their students how they view the world, school, and their own learning, this book details findings from a study that used a quasi-ethnographic approach to examine the perceptions of young adolescents. Participating in the study were 2,000 adolescents, 10- to 15-year-olds. Subjects…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Age Differences
