Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
About the Book Series
This series focuses on studies of public and private institutions, the media, and academic disciplines that contribute to educating--in the broadest sense--students and the general public. The series welcomes volumes with multicultural perspectives, diverse interpretations, and a range of political points of view from conservative to critical. Books accepted for publication in this series will be written for an academic audience and, in some cases, also for use as supplementary readings in graduate and undergraduate courses.
Topics to be addressed in this series include, but are not limited to, sociocultural, political, and historical studies of
Local, state, national, and international educational systems
Elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities
Public institutions of education such as museums, libraries, and foundations
Computer systems and software as instruments of public education
The popular media as forms of public education
Content areas within the academic study of education, such as curriculum and instruction, psychology, and educational technology
Culture and Educational Policy in Hawai'i: The Silencing of Native Voices
1st Edition
By Maenette K.P. A Benham, Ronald H. Heck
June 01, 1998
This comprehensive educational history of public schools in Hawai'i shows and analyzes how dominant cultural and educational policy have affected the education experiences of Native Hawaiians. Drawing on institutional theory as a scholarly lens, the authors focus on four historical cases ...
Asian-american Education: Historical Background and Current Realities
1st Edition
By Meyer Weinberg
August 01, 1997
Asian-American Education: Historical Background and Current Realities fills a gap in the study of the social and historical experiences of Asians in U.S. schools. It is the first historical work to provide American readers with information about highly individual ethnic groups rather than viewing ...
Tangled Up in School: Politics, Space, Bodies, and Signs in the Educational Process
1st Edition
By Jan Nespor
July 01, 1997
Based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in an urban elementary school, this volume is an examination of how school division politics, regional economic policies, parental concerns, urban development efforts, popular cultures, gender ideologies, racial politics, and university and corporate ...
Places of Memory: Whiteman's Schools and Native American Communities
1st Edition
By Alan Peshkin
May 01, 1997
While visiting New Mexico, the author was struck with the opportunity the state presents to explore the school-community relationship in rural, religious, and multiethnic sociocultural settings. In New Mexico, the school-community relationship can be learned within four major culture groups -- ...
The Cultural Transformation of A Native American Family and Its Tribe 1763-1995: A Basket of Apples
1st Edition
By Joel Spring
June 01, 1996
This book describes the impact of U.S. government civilization and education policies on a Native American family and its tribe from 1763 to 1995. While engaged in a personal quest for his family's roots in Choctaw tribal history, the author discovered a direct relationship between educational ...