The Question of Class

Autor/in	Gorski, Paul C.
Titel	The Question of Class
Quelle	In: Teaching Tolerance, (2007) 31, S.26-29 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-2847
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Economically Disadvantaged; Poverty; Correlation; Social Class; Educational Quality; Social Bias; Social Influences; Social Attitudes; Social Discrimination; Access to Education; Minority Group Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Korrelation; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Sozialer Einfluss; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang
Abstract	For too long, educators' approach to understanding the relationships between poverty, class and education has been framed by studying the behaviors and cultures of poor students and their families. If only we--in the middle and upper-middle classes--can understand "their" culture, why "those people" don't value education, why "those parents" don't attend our functions and meetings, why "those kids" are so unmotivated, perhaps we can "save" some of our economically disadvantaged students from the bleak futures before them. In this article, the author challenges educators to push beyond this one-dimensional understanding of poverty. Rather than examining the so-called "culture of poverty," the author urges educators to question the culture of classist assumptions that infiltrates our classrooms and schools. (Contains 8 resources.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Southern Poverty Law Center. 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104. Tel: 334-956-8200; Fax: 334-956-8484; Web site: http://www.tolerance.org/teach/magazine/index.jsp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10