Stuart Greene

The night of Christmas is the story of Jesus's birth. The real reason we celebrate Christmas.

The night of Christmas is the story of Jesus's birth. The real reason we celebrate Christmas.

From Inquiry to Academic Writing. Interesting readings from across the disciplines combine with a step-by-step approach you can apply to your own writing inside and outside of academia.

In this important book, award-winning author Stuart Greene enters the ongoing conversation about low-income African American families and their role in helping their children flourish. Greene focuses on parents’ self-defined roles within the context of race, urban development, and an economy that has created opportunity for some and displaced others. Moving beyond analysis to action, the author describes a partnering strategy to help educators understand the lived experiences of children and families and to use their funds of knowledge as resources for teaching. This book combines critical race theory, critical geography, first-hand accounts, and research on literacy practices at home to provide a powerful tool that will help teachers and administrators see families in new ways. Book features: describes a partnering model that encourages educators to consider the social, cultural, racial, and economic factors that shape parent engagement with schools, identifies important areas of misunderstanding between African American parents and their children's teachers, incorporates personal narratives of children whose voices are rarely part of research on parent involvement.

In this important book, award-winning author Stuart Greene enters the ongoing conversation about low-income African American families and their role in helping their children flourish. Greene focuses on parents’ self-defined roles within the context of race, urban development, and an economy that has created opportunity for some and displaced others. Moving beyond analysis to action, the author describes a partnering strategy to help educators understand the lived experiences of children and families and to use their funds of knowledge as resources for teaching. This book combines critical race theory, critical geography, first-hand accounts, and research on literacy practices at home to provide a powerful tool that will help teachers and administrators see families in new ways. Book features: describes a partnering model that encourages educators to consider the social, cultural, racial, and economic factors that shape parent engagement with schools, identifies important areas of misunderstanding between African American parents and their children's teachers, incorporates personal narratives of children whose voices are rarely part of research on parent involvement.

Featuring contributions from a stellar group of teachers and researchers, this volume opens new territory on a critical but rarely addressed topic—the intersection of race with literacy research and practice. Grounded in classroom experiences, this insightful volume: Shows how race is constructed through literacy instruction and how adopting a “colorblind” stance serves to maintain a system of racism that is pervasive in and out of schools. Develops authentic knowledge of teaching and learning practices to insure that student and teacher voices are heard. Considers the ethics of research agendas and the consequences of their findings, discussing the importance of research in addressing issues of racial inequality in school literacy achievement. Details the value of the research process itself, coming to terms with the researcher’s aims, audiences, and his or her responsibilities as a potential agent of change.