Latinx Experiences in U.S. Schools

Voices of Students, Teachers, Teacher Educators, and Education Allies in Challenging Sociopolitical Times
Herausgeber: Bempechat, Janine; Jiménez-Silva, Margarita

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this volume, Latinx students, teachers, teacher educators, and education allies in Latinx communities share the ways in which hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric has impacted Latinx educational experiences. This book emphasizes acts of courage, community organization, and transformation as these stakeholders have risen into leadership positions.

Produktdetails

• Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9781793611871
• ISBN-10: 1793611874
• Artikelnr.: 62479658

Autorenporträt

Margarita Jimenez-Silva is associate professor and chair of teacher education at the University of California, Davis. Janine Bempechat is clinical professor at Boston University, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Margarita Jimenez-Silva & Janine Bempechat
Section I: Voices of Students
Introduction: My Experience at the City Council Meeting, Joey Luevanos
Chapter 1: "I don't like the way he acts with Mexicans:" An Analysis of
Persuasive Pre-Writing Sessions with Fifth-Grade Bilingual Latinx Students,
Evelyn Baca
Chapter 2: "What Do You Mean, You Feel Latina?:" Use of Pan-Ethnic Identity
Labels Among Middle School Bilingual Youth, Jenny Jacobs
Chapter 3: "Why isn't Cinco de Mayo 365 days a year!" Culturally Sustaining
Practices in an Age of Distrust, Orlando Carreon
Section II: Voices of Teachers
Introduction: The Making of a Radical Educator, Melody Esqueda
Chapter 4: Rising Up to Lead: A Teacher's Path from the Classroom to City
Hall, Laura Gomez & Ruth Luevanos
Chapter 5: Unshifting Practices and Perspectives: Disrupting the Cycle
through Anti-Racist Pedagogy, Christine Montecillo Leider, Megan Schantz, &
Molly Ross
Chapter 6: A Funny Thing Happens on the Way to the Classroom...:
Positioning Latinx Students, Families, and Teachers as Knowers while
Promoting Cultural Competence for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy through
Study Abroad in Chile, Kenny Varner
Section III: Voices of Teacher Educators
Introduction: The Journey from Student to Teacher to Teacher Educator: A
Cry for Change, Ofelia Schepers
Chapter 7: Educating Teachers to Work with Latino Children and Families in
Challenging Socio-Political Contexts and Times, Eleanora Villegas-Reimers
Chapter 8: What Counts as Official Knowledge?: Pursuing Accreditation in a
Post-Truth Era, Jaclyn Caires-Hurley, Anne Ittner, & Andrea Emerson
Chapter 9: Preparing Bilingual Teachers through a Bilingual Undergraduate
Teacher Corps: Nidos de Lengua y Comunidad, Nadeen Ruiz, Margarita
Jimenez-Silva, & Samantha Smith
Section IV: Voices of Education Allies
Introduction: Passion, Resilience, Community, and Education: Core Values as
Educational Allies, Karen Kay
Chapter 10: Undocu-Ally Trainings: Reducing Stigma and Prejudice via
Educational Interventions, Jesus Cisneros
Chapter 11: Voces Unidas: Advocating for Emergent Bilinguals while
Navigating Arizona's Socio-Political Context, Ashley Coughlin, Margarita
Jimenez-Silva, & Karen Guerrero
Chapter 12: Preparing Teachers to be Allies in Addressing Mental Health
with K-12 Students, Gabriella Luu
Call to Action: Conclusion
El Movimiento and the Imperative to Sustain Relationships and Build
Community
Patricia Quijada Cererer & Leticia Alvarez Gutiérrez