Teaching Children of Catastrophe

Autor/in	Gay, Geneva
Titel	Teaching Children of Catastrophe
Quelle	In: Multicultural Education, 15 (2007) 2, S.55-61 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-3844
Schlagwörter	Multicultural Education; Student Needs; Educationally Disadvantaged; Disadvantaged Youth; Educational Opportunities; Resource Allocation; Natural Disasters; Minority Group Children; Academic Achievement; School Administration; Student Diversity; Racial Bias; Social Isolation; Social Justice; Poverty; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multikulturelle Erziehung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Ressourcenallokation; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Schulleistung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Soziale Isolation; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Armut; USA
Abstract	Teaching children who are victims of Katrina is not a multicultural education issue per se. However, there are some intersections between the victims of Katrina and the educational responses to them, and some of the primary constituent groups and issues that multicultural education represents and intends to serve. These are children of color and poverty who are marginalized in schools relative to resource allocation, learning opportunity, and academic achievement. Unfortunately, the lessons learned from the educational responses prompted by the aftermath of Katrina are not nearly as positive as one would hope, nor are they the kinds of attitudes and actions that are most desirable or should be pursued in the long run if educators expect to produce positive effects for the children of Katrina beyond immediate reactions. Several of these lessons learned are suggested in this article for critical analysis, reflection, and reconstruction to generate better educational opportunities and outcomes for ethnically, racially, and culturally different students regardless of their specific circumstances at any particular point in time. These include the infeasibility of charity as pedagogy; the limitations of good intentions; the pernicious nature of racism; isolation and invisibility; and the certainty that some children are always left behind. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10