This book examines the historical context of African Americans' educational experiences, and it provides information that helps to assess the dominant discourse on education, which emphasises White middle-class cultural values and standardisation of students' outcomes. Curriculum violence is defined as the deliberate manipulation of academic programming in a manner that ignores or compromises the intellectual and psychological well being of learners. Related to this are the issues of assessment and the current focus on high-stakes standardised testing in schools, where most teachers are forced to teach for the test.
- ISBN10 1617286834
- ISBN13 9781617286834
- Publish Date 22 September 2010
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 226
- Language English