LEADER 00000cam 2200565Ii 4500 001 ocn521239598 003 OCoLC 005 20160518075051.9 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 100219s2002 nju ob 001 0 eng d 019 646805615|a889155030 020 9781400825455|q(electronic bk.) 020 1400825458|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)521239598|z(OCoLC)646805615|z(OCoLC)889155030 040 N$T|beng|epn|erda|cN$T|dEBLCP|dE7B|dIDEBK|dOCLCQ|dMHW |dOCLCQ|dREDDC|dOCLCQ|dGPM|dOCLCQ|dVLB|dJSTOR|dN$T|dOCLCF |dDEBSZ|dNLGGC|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dZMC|dP@U|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ 043 n-us--- 049 GTKE 050 4 LB1570|b.B52 2002eb 082 04 375.0010973|222 100 1 Binder, Amy J.,|d1964- 245 10 Contentious curricula :|bAfrocentrism and creationism in American public schools /|cAmy J. Binder. 264 1 Princeton, N.J. :|bPrinceton University Press,|c[2002] 264 4 |c©2002 300 1 online resource (xi, 307 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Princeton studies in cultural sociology 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index. 505 0 Introduction to Afrocentrism and Creationism, challenges to educational "injustice" -- The challengers -- History of the three Afrocentric cases: Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and New York State -- Cultural, political, and organizational factors influencing Afrocentric outcomes -- History of the four Creationist cases: Louisiana State; California State; Vista, California; and Kansas State -- Cultural, political, and organizational factors influencing Creationist outcomes -- Making more institutional the study of change. 520 This book compares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. It identifies striking similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts for their differential outcomes, and draws important conclusions for the study of culture, organizations, and social movements. Amy Binder gives a brief history of both movements and then describes how their challenges played out in seven school districts. Despite their very different constituencies--inner-city African American cultural essentialists and predominately white suburban Christian conservat. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Curriculum change|zUnited States. 650 0 Social movements|zUnited States. 650 0 Afrocentrism|xStudy and teaching|zUnited States. 650 0 Creationism|xStudy and teaching|zUnited States. 650 7 EDUCATION|xCurricula.|2bisacsh 650 7 EDUCATION|xComparative.|2bisacsh 650 7 Afrocentrism|xStudy and teaching.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00800059 650 7 Creationism|xStudy and teaching.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00882412 650 7 Curriculum change.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00885362 650 7 Social movements.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01122657 651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 776 08 |iPrint version:Binder, Amy J., 1964-|tContentious curricula.|dPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002|z0691091803|w(DLC) 2001058001|w(OCoLC)48450945 830 0 Princeton studies in cultural sociology. 914 ocn521239598 994 93|bGTK
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