TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swalwell,Katy M.
TI  - Educating activist allies: social justice pedagogy with the suburban and urban elite 
T2  - The critical social thought series
SN  - 9780415529457 (hardback)
AV  - LC4941 .S93 2013
U1  - 371.82621 23
KW  - Elite (Social sciences)
KW  - Education
KW  - United States
KW  - Upper class
KW  - Critical pedagogy
KW  - EDUCATION / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Educating Activist Allies offers a fresh take on critical education studies through an analysis of social justice pedagogy in schools serving communities privileged by race and class. By documenting the practices of socially committed teachers at an urban private academy and a suburban public school, Katy Swalwell helps educators and educational theorists better understand the challenges and opportunities inherent in this work. She also examines how students responded to their teachers' efforts in ways that both undermined and realized the goals of social justice pedagogy. This analysis serves as the foundation for the development of a curricular framework helping students to foster an "Activist Ally" identity: the skills, knowledge, and dispositions necessary to negotiate privilege in ways that promote justice. Educating Activist Allies provides a powerful introduction to the ways in which social justice curricula can and should be enacted in communities of privilege. "--
ER  -