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
- Chapter 1 - The Scope of Social Justice
- Chapter 2 - Prospects of Social Justice
Questions to consider for group discussion:
- What are the main points Miller is making about how we should think about social justice and its prospects?
- What questions would we ask Miller?
In this week's discussion, I came away with several thoughts:
ReplyDelete1)Definition of Globalization - peoples lives are changed by the global market, while state have little or no control.
2)Definition of Multiculturalism - a variety of groups exist together while asserting their separate cultural identities.
3)Social justice is not eliminating cultural differences, but opening up national identities so as to become accessible to all cultural groups.
4)For social justice to exist three conditions need to be met: a) a bounded society with a determined membership, b) an institutional structure that impacts the life and understands the individual and c) an agency capable of changing the structure of the intended ways.
5)In class we discussed people coming together for the good of the society vs. the government imposing regulations upon the people. I gave the example of Wikipedia, where everyone contributes to the knowledge base instead of an institution being the gatekeeper of knowledge.
After our discussion we had our colloquium. Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow will come way to fast!
Oops - we had a symposium, not a colloquium!
ReplyDeleteI also forgot to answer the question: What would I ask Miller if he were in our discussion.
Well, he states that in the 21st century the pursuit of social justice will be harder. I would ask him, how does he see social justice evolving in a world where economic, social and political boundaries are blurred?