NDLI: “Who are your Friends?” Complexities in Multicultural Education

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Epstein, Shira Eve
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	In this paper, I explore the experiences of fourth and fifth grade students engaged in Beyond Today, an urban after school program, that aimed to enact a social reconstructionist multicultural curriculum. The program gathered White, Black, and Latino/a youth to explore issues of discrimination and social justice and develop leadership towards social change. This paper focuses on the complex nature of students’ responses to a multicultural curriculum that foregrounded conversations about race and inequity. Students were seen to build ties of friendship across racial lines and develop activist skills of social critique. On other occasions, they maintained borders, distancing themselves from students of different races. After an overall review of the students’ varied reactions to the Beyond Today curriculum, I highlight specific vignettes that show how these tensions can simultaneously emerge within particular incidents. This research can be of use to teachers and teacher educators when envisioning and planning for student responses to multicultural curriculum.
Starting Page	39
Ending Page	57
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00420972
Journal	The Urban Review
Volume Number	42
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15731960
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-01-27
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Multicultural education Diverse student groups Social change Sociology Education (general) Community and Environmental Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Urban Studies Education

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