Is everyone really equal? : an introduction to key concepts in social justice education /

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Author / Creator:Sensoy, Özlem.
Imprint:New York : Teachers College Press, ©2012.
Description:xxv, 214 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Multicultural education series
Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10827936
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Other authors / contributors:DiAngelo, Robin J.
ISBN:9780807752708
0807752703
9780807752692
080775269X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index.
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Summary:This practical handbook will introduce readers to social justice education, providing tools for developing "critical social justice literacy" and for taking action towards a more just society. Accessible to students from high school through graduate school, this book offers a collection of detailed and engaging explanations of key concepts in social justice education, including critical thinking, socialization, group identity, prejudice, discrimination, oppression, power, privilege, and White supremacy. Based on extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the authors address the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. They provide recognizable examples, scenarios, and vignettes illustrating these concepts. This unique resource has many user-friendly features, including "definition boxes" for key terms, "stop boxes" to remind readers of previously explained ideas, "perspective check boxes" to draw attention to alternative standpoints, a glossary, and a chapter responding to the most common rebuttals encountered when leading discussions on concepts in critical social justice. There are discussion questions and extension activities at the end of each chapter, and an appendix designed to lend pedagogical support to those newer to teaching social justice education. Book jacket.
Physical Description:xxv, 214 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index.
ISBN:9780807752708
0807752703
9780807752692
080775269X