What Are You and Where Are You From?”

Race, Identity, and the Vicissitudes of Cultural Relevance

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ID10856483
AuthorsElizabeth Dutro (0000-0002-1201-769X, University of Colorado Boulder), Elham Kazemi (0000-0002-5029-1147, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan), Ruth Balf (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan), Yih-Sheue Lin (University of Washington-Seattle)
Year2008
Volume43
Issue3
Pages269-300
Publication date2008-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0859 • E-ISSN: 1552-8340
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042085907305177
OpenAlexW2031079699
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited45

Although most educators would agree that enacting cultural relevance in the classroom is always a complex process, we have too few examples in the research literature of what that complexity looks like and how it plays out in highly diverse classrooms. Drawing on a range of qualitative data sources, this case study examines how one teacher's interpretation of culturally relevant pedagogy bumped up against children's ideas about their own and others' cultural and racial positionings in an elementary classroom where both cultural background and race varied. The authors argue that it is vital for teachers and researchers to consider cases such as this if we are to better understand and respond to the complexities of substantively engaging children in issues of culture and race in diverse public school communities

Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Interpretation (philosophy) · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Race (biology) · Relevance (law) · Social science · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology

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