Teach for America and the Struggle for Urban School Reform Searching for Agency in an Era of Standardization

Name: Teach for America and the Struggle for Urban School Reform Searching for Agency in an Era of Standardization
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ISBN: 9781433123771

ISBN-10: 1433123770

ISBN-13: 9781433123771

Edition: 2013

Authors: Katy Crawford-Garrett

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This book traces the experiences of one cohort of Teach For America (TFA) corps members as they reconcile their hopes for their students with the reality of teaching in a district that favors compliance over compassion. Drawing on ethnographic and practitioner inquiry methods, Crawford-Garrett highlights the voices of the teachers as they wrestle with urban poverty, question bureaucratic mandates, resist dehumanizing reform initiatives, and experiment with critical pedagogy. The book examines how their socialization into the profession positions them as passive recipients of knowledge and engenders deficit ideologies of students, families, and communities. Ultimately, this book attends to…

Book details

List price: $50.10
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
Publication date: 5/31/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 137
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.86" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English