Race, culture and schooling : identities of achievement in multicultural urban schools / Peter C. Murrell, Jr.

Author/creator Murrell, Peter C.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ©2007.
Descriptionxvii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Dilemmas of diversity in urban education : race, culture and underachievement -- Overview of situated-mediated identity theory -- Cultural practices inquiry culturally reading individuals-in-settings -- The construction of academic identities situativity, positionality and agency in intellectual life -- Communities of achievement as culturally con-figured worlds -- Acquisition of cultural practices of achiever identities as learners -- The cultural practices of achiever identities of teachers -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and indexes.
LCCN 2006037736
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