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Little Sisters: An Exploration Of Agency, Cultural Borderlands, And Institutional Constraints In The Lives Of Two Teenage Girls, Rosemary C. Henze
Little Sisters: An Exploration Of Agency, Cultural Borderlands, And Institutional Constraints In The Lives Of Two Teenage Girls, Rosemary C. Henze
Rosemary C. Henze
Part of a special issue on challenging corporate control of schools and communities. The writer discusses her experience with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization in Oakland, California, of mentoring two teenage girls who live in poverty and encounter crises and hardship almost daily. She examines the concepts of agency and social and cultural borderlands to help explain the divergent school performances of the two girls and investigates the concepts' utility in the pursuit of social justice for young women. She conducts her exploration within the broader context of dynamic change.
Curricular Approaches To Developing Positive Interethnic Relations, Rosemary C. Henze
Curricular Approaches To Developing Positive Interethnic Relations, Rosemary C. Henze
Rosemary C. Henze
This article examines whether and in what ways curricular approaches can be helpful in building positive interethnic relations in a large, ethnically diverse high school. Through this case study of curricular reform, the author documents four curricular approaches teacher leaders used to explicitly address issues of race and ethnicity and explores the impact of these approaches on student learning. By tracing the process of curricular change, the case illuminates how teacher leaders and administrators created the conditions for these curricular reforms to be sustainable.
About The Leading For Diversity Research Project, Rosemary C. Henze
About The Leading For Diversity Research Project, Rosemary C. Henze
Rosemary C. Henze
In this introduction, the author provides the historical context and theoretical framework for the five articles contained in this special issue. All of the articles share a common origin and similar perspective, focusing on how school leaders in various roles can work to improve racial/ethnic relations in our schools, particularly when those schools serve diverse populations and have histories of tension or conflict related to race/ethnicity.
“Are We Doing Multicultural Education Yet?” Review Article Of Timothy’S Reagan’S Non-Western Educational Traditions, Rosemary C. Henze
“Are We Doing Multicultural Education Yet?” Review Article Of Timothy’S Reagan’S Non-Western Educational Traditions, Rosemary C. Henze
Rosemary C. Henze
No abstract provided.
What Is The Relationship Between Workplace Literacy And Content-Based Instruction?, Rosemary C. Henze, Anne Katz
What Is The Relationship Between Workplace Literacy And Content-Based Instruction?, Rosemary C. Henze, Anne Katz
Rosemary C. Henze
No abstract provided.