This collection of groundbreaking essays brings together a diverse group
of experts who are researching, theorizing, and enacting anti-oppressive
education in "elite" schooling environments--that is, schools imbued
with wealth and whiteness. This volume explores how those who are in a
position of power can be educated to take active steps that reduce and
disrupt oppression. Each essayist, writing with practitioners in mind,
responds to one of four guiding questions from their unique point of
view as an educator, student, or researcher: Why does this work matter?
What is needed to start and sustain it? What does it look like in
practice? What are the common pitfalls and how can they be avoided?
Readers are encouraged to mull over various perspectives and experiences
to find answers that fit their own contexts. This important book
addresses the need to educate for social justice within economically
privileged settings where power can be leveraged and repurposed for the
benefit of a diverse society.
Book Features:
- Identifies ethical and effective pedagogical and curricular approaches
to use with students in "elite" school settings.
- Examines what it means to work or learn in "elite" educational spaces
for those who hold nondominant identities.
- Explores the special obligations and responsibilities these schools
require furthering justice.
- Looks at how teachers can navigate the unique challenges that arise,
the conditions needed to support them, and what counts as success for
anti-oppressive education in "elite" schools.
