Other Kinds of Families Embracing Diversity in Schools

Name: Other Kinds of Families Embracing Diversity in Schools
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ISBN: 9780807748381

ISBN-10: 0807748382

ISBN-13: 9780807748381

Edition: 2008

Authors: Tammy Turner-Vorbeck, Monica Miller Marsh, Judy H. Helm

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Turner-Vorbeck and Marsh contend that the vast diversity found in schools and society today suggests an urgent need to reconsider the ways in which families are currently represented and addressed in school curriculum and culture. In this important volume, they provide critical and theoretical analyses combined with narrative experiences to address such issues as multigenerational views of the schooling experiences of immigrant families, the educational needs of gay and lesbian families, the representation of adoption and adoptive families in children's literature, and the experiences of homeless students and their families with the educational system.

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 11/23/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.16" wide x 8.99" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Tammy Turner-Vorbeck, Visiting Professor of Teacher Education, Wabash College. Monica Miller Marsh, Associate Professor of Education, DeSales University.



Introduction



Diverse Families: Narratives of Experience



Hegemonies and "Transgressions" of Family: Tales of Pride and Prejudice




Immigrant Families and Schools: The Need for a Better Relationship




From the Principal's Desk: Making the School Environment More Inclusive




A Welcoming Tone in the Classroom: Developing the Potential of Diverse Students and Their Families




Wards of Wisdom: Foster Youth on a Path Toward Postsecondary Education




Representations of Family in School Culture and Curriculum



Evolving Images: Crafting Family Lives in Colonial Pennsylvania




Doing the Difficult: Schools and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer Families




What Makes a Family?: Representations of Adoption in Children's Literature




Emerging Faces of Homelessness: Young Children, Their Families, and Schooling




From Textbooks to the Teachers' Lounge: The Many Curricula of Family in Schools



About the Editors and the Contributors


Index