Richard R. Valencia (The University of Texas, Austin, USA)

Dismantling Contemporary Deficit Thinking

Educational Thought and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This important new book provides comprehensive critiques and anti-deficit thinking alternatives to the oppressive theory of deficit thinking in education.

Produktdetails

• The Critical Educator
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780415877107
• ISBN-10: 0415877105
• Artikelnr.: 30364051

Autorenporträt

Richard R. Valencia is Professor of Educational Psychology and Faculty Associate of the Center for Mexican American Studies at The University of Texas, Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Construct of Deficit Thinking
2. Neohereditarianism: Pseudoscientific Explanations for Racial
Differences in Intelligence
3. Ruby Payne's Mindsets of Poverty, Middle Class, and Wealth: A
Resurrection of the Culture of Poverty Concept
4. At-Risk Students or At-Risk Schools?
5. Deconstructing Deficit Thinking: Practical Solutions for Teacher
Educators, Educational Leaders, and Educational Ethnographers
6. Conclusion: (A) The Bankruptcy of the Standards-Based School Reform
Movement; (B) Towards the Construction of Meaningful School Reform:
Democratic Education