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Confessions of a Canon-Loving Multiculturalist. School Reform and the Language Arts Curriculum

Bitter ideological battles exist over hegemonic control of classroom exchange in high school language arts classes. Discusses the debate over the selection of literature that students will read, noting the influence of the dominant culture, the resistance to inclusion of multicultural literature in these classrooms, and the importance of promoting a multicultural emphasis. (SM)

• Author/Creator: Fairbrother, Anne
• Date Published: Spr
• Journal/Secondary Title: Multicultural Education
• Number: 3
• Volume: 7
• Year: 2000

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Diversity (Student)
• Subject: Educational Change
• Subject: High Schools
• Subject: Language Arts
• Subject: Literature
• Subject: Multicultural Education

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