Diverse Classrooms, Diverse Curriculum, Diverse Complications: Three Teacher Perspectives

Racial, ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity continues to increase in classrooms. Many call for a more diverse curriculum, but curricular diversity brings its own challenges to both teachers and students. These three vignettes are drawn from my ethnographic data at Atlantic High School1 in Br...

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Published in:Anthropology & education quarterly 2015-12, Vol.46 (4), p.431-439
Main Author: Ungemah, Lori D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
classroom ethnography
Classroom management
Creative Section
Cultural Differences
Curricula
curriculum
English language
English teachers
Ethnography
High School Students
High Schools
Multicultural education
New York
race
Secondary School Curriculum
Secondary School Teachers
Secondary schools
Teacher attitudes
Teachers
teaching
urban education
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Summary:Racial, ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity continues to increase in classrooms. Many call for a more diverse curriculum, but curricular diversity brings its own challenges to both teachers and students. These three vignettes are drawn from my ethnographic data at Atlantic High School1 in Brooklyn, New York, where I worked for ten years as an English teacher and collected data for two years as a doctoral student.
ISSN:0161-7761
1548-1492
DOI:10.1111/aeq.12143