Topic 7 - Social Justice and Education in Arizona

Readings:

1. "Chicano History", Duncan-Andrade
2. "From Hopelessness to Hope: Social Justice Pedagogy in Urban Education and Youth Development", Cammarota

The questions to consider for this week are:

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Topic 6 - Social Justice and Higher Education

Readings:

1. "Not All Black and White" Edley
2. "Justice and Diversity", Green
3. Grutter vs. Bollinger

The questions to consider for this week are:

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Topic 5 - Social Justice and Educational Research

Readings:

1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" Skloot

The questions to consider for this week are:

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Topic 4 - Social Justice, Language and Culture

Readings:

1. "Social Justice Through Multilingual Education" Skutnabb-Kangas, Phillipson, Mohanty and Panda

The questions to consider for this week are:

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Topic 3 - Deconstructing Race and Social Justice

Readings:

1. "A Theory of Race" Glasgow
2. "The N Word" Asim

The questions to consider for this week are:

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Topic 2 - Brown vs. the Board of Education

The Legacy of Brown vs. the Board of Education 50 Years Later.

Readings:

1. Brown vs Board of Education 387 US 483
2. Anderson, "Cross to bear and promises to keep: The Jubilee Anniversary of Brown vs. the Board of Education"
3. Davis, "Merry-Go-Round"
4. Moll, "Brown Lecture"

The questions to consider for this week are:

1. ¿What are the main “points” of Brown?
2. ¿How do the articles by Anderson and Davis reinforce, modify, or negate the argument in Brown?
3. ¿How does Moll’s lecture extend our view of the issues in Brown?

In class we will watch the film: Eyes on the Prize: the Civil Right Years and discuss.

Topic 1 - What is Multicultural Education and Social Justice?

August 2011-First Week of Class
LRC640 - Multicultural Education and Social Justice
with Richard Ruiz at the University of Arizona
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Some names to know in this field and books to read:

James Bank: Professor of Diversity Studies and Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is a specialist in multicultural education and in social studies education and has written widely in these book fields.
(Books to read: Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives, Teach­ing Strategies for Ethnic Studies)

Carl Grant: Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
(Books to read: Making Choices for Multicultural Education, Five Approaches to Race, Class, and Gender)

Christine Sleeter: Professor Emerita at California State University Monterey Bay.
(Books to read: Critical Multiculturalism: Theory and Praxis, Making Choices for Multicultural Education, Five Approaches to Race, Class, and Gender)

Stephan May: Professor at the University of Auckland>
(Book: Critical Multiculturalism)

Mica Pollack: Assistant Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
(Book: Anti-racism)

Paulo Freire: Brazilian educator and thinker on critical pedagogy.
(Book: Pedagogy of the Oppressed )

Readings for next week:

Principles of Social Justice
By David Miller

1. Chapter 1 - The Scope of Social Justice
2. Chapter 2 - Prospects of Social Justice

Questions to consider for group discussion:

1. What are the main points Miller is making about how we should think about social justice and its prospects?
2. What questions would we ask Miller?