Subtractive Schooling: U.S.-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring

Type

Book

Authors

Valenzuela ( Angela Valenzuela )

ISBN 10

0791443221

ISBN 13

9780791443224

Tags

Reference, Cultural, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Student Life, Educational Philosophy, Anthropology

Description

Subtractive Schooling provides a framework for understanding the patterns of immigrant achievement and U.S.-born underachievement frequently noted in the literature and observed by the author in her ethnographic account of regular-track youth attending a comprehensive, virtually all-Mexican, inner-city high school in Houston. Valenzuela argues that schools subtract resources from youth in two major ways: firstly by dismissing their definition of education and secondly, through assimilationist policies and practices that minimize their culture and language. A key consequence is the erosion of students social capital evident in the absence of academically oriented networks among acculturated, U.S.-born youth." - from Amzon

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