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Teaching Equity Through “Gatsby” In The Age Of Ccss, Allisyn Mills, Seungho Moon Nov 2014

Teaching Equity Through “Gatsby” In The Age Of Ccss, Allisyn Mills, Seungho Moon

Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works

Influenced by CCSS, the authors provide options for teachers who share the need to design curriculum to incorporate more perspectives in the classroom.


How Not To Defend The Liberal Arts, Paul Jay Oct 2014

How Not To Defend The Liberal Arts, Paul Jay

English: Faculty Publications and Other Works

It's a myth that the sciences have theories and methods and the humanities don't, and it's a mistake to scapegoat theory and professionalization for the current plight of the humanities and liberal arts.


The Land Of Opportunity Doesn't Apply To Everyone: The Immigrant Experience, Race, And Asian American Career Choices, Oiyan Poon Sep 2014

The Land Of Opportunity Doesn't Apply To Everyone: The Immigrant Experience, Race, And Asian American Career Choices, Oiyan Poon

Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works

Despite their popular portrayal as high achieving and structurally incorporated, race continues to shape the career choices of Asian American college students. As second-generation Americans, Asian Americans negotiate a constellation of factors when deciding their career choices, most notably, pressures from immigrant parents, awareness of labor market discrimination, fear of being tokenized in particular occupational fields, and influences from peer networks. These findings help elucidate how race and the social context of immigrant adaptation can affect the occupational trajectories of Asian Americans and other children of immigrants in the United States, regardless of their educational achievement and socioeconomic status.


The Chicago Teachers Strike And Its Public, Amy B. Shuffelton Jan 2014

The Chicago Teachers Strike And Its Public, Amy B. Shuffelton

Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works

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