1st Edition

Learning to Cross Divides Examining Critical Multicultural and Bilingual Schools

By Matthew Knoester, Assaf Meshulam Copyright 2024
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

2024 AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award This volume demonstrates how multilingual schooling can enhance democracy through a connection with the policies and practices of critical education. With its in-depth analysis of real schools that focus on the dual emphases of multiculturalism and integration, this book offers a comparative look at educational and political controversies over race,... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction   Chapter 2: Education for Democracy  Chapter 3: A History of Segregation and Inequalities in Milwaukee  Chapter 4: La Escuela Azul  Chapter 5: Ongoing Challenges for a Bilingual, Multicultural, Antiracist School  Chapter 6: Israel/Palestine: Segregation, Marginalization, and Control of Arab/Palestinians in Israel  Chapter 7: Palestinian-Jewish Education  Chapter 8: Critical Consciousness-Raising in a Palestinian-Jewish School  Chapter 9: Continuing Struggles, Shared Efforts, and Contradictions  Chapter 10: Conclusion  Appendix

Biography

Matthew Knoester is an associate professor and Chair of the Educational Studies department at Ripon College.

Assaf Meshulam is a senior lecturer and head of the Department of Learning, Policy, and Management in the School of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.