Contemporary Issues in Equity, Democracy, and Public Education (eBook, ePUB)

Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Education, Social Sciences, and Health
Redaktion: Crawford, Felicity; Wiehe, Elsa; Coleman, Fadie T.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how inequity manifests in public education and social institutions, and how this inequity impacts the health and wellbeing of citizens, including marginalized people. Demonstrating how inequity thereby threatens democracy, this book also poses suggestions for improving equity in U.S. education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040266380
• Artikelnr.: 72520390

Autorenporträt

Felicity Crawford is Clinical Associate Professor at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, Boston University, USA. Fadie T. Coleman is Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, USA. Elsa Wiehe is Program Manager for the African Studies Center K-16 Education Program, Boston University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Case for Emphasizing Equity in Public Education as a
Means of Sustaining Democracy Part 1: Origins and Persistence of Systemic
Inequity in U.S. Classrooms 2. The Burden Our Children Bear: The Legacy of
Eugenic Ideology 3. Towards Inclusive Education: Ableism and Democratizing
Access 4. Whatever Happens to Any Child in Early Childhood Education,
Better Be the Business of All of Us: Creating Equitable Learning
Communities for Black Boys 5. Incentivizing Equity in Education 6. The
Banning Years 7. Whiteness and Colonization in Higher Education: Barriers
to Institutional and Societal Change Part 2: The Physiological,
Psychological, and Social Consequences of Systemic Bias, and Its
Incompatibility with Democracy 8. Chronic Stress-Related Disorders and the
Possible Epigenetic Mechanisms 9. Inflammation in Pregnancy and its Role in
Poor Gestational Health 10. Implementing a Social Justice Framework into
Education Systems of Care 11. Food as a Basic Right 12. Between
Hypervisibility and Invisibility: Unpacking What it Means to be an HSI on
Indigenous Lands Through Critical Unearthing of Local Histories and
Epistemologies of Latinx Communities Part 3: Rethinking the Curriculum to
Promote Equity in Curriculum and Practice 13. Dismantling Oppression and
Cultivating Resistance and Hope When Serving Immigrant Latin American
Children and Families 14. U.S. History, Racial Capitalism, and Settler
Colonialism 15.Decolonizing the Curriculum for Reparative Justice,
Psychological Liberation, and National Healing 16. Chaos Or Community:
Teaching for Democracy in an Era of Uncertainty 17. Teaching Transformative
Citizenship in Schools: A Pathway to Promoting Equity and Preserving
Democracy Part 4: A Closer Look at Expanding Educational Opportunities for
Previously Excluded Groups in STEM 18. Ratcheting Equity 19. Democratizing
STEM: Developing a Culture of Sensemaking 20. Environmental Health Literacy
for Indigenous Youth: Implementing the Power of Relationality and
Place-Based Knowledge to Promote Equity Through Collective Action 21.
Re-examining Success in STEM: Why Equity and Sense of Belonging are
Critical to Democracy 22. Leading for Equity