Multicultural Strategies for Education And Social Change: Carriers of the Torch in the United States And South Africa (Multicultural Education (Paper))

205 Pages·2006·0.62 MB·English

by  Arnetha F. Ball

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION SERIES
James A. Banks, Series Editor
Multicultural Strategies for Education and Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity
Social Change: Carriers of the Torch in in Public Life
the United States and South Africa WALTER C. PARKER
ARNETHA F. BALL The Making—and Remaking—of a
We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know: Multiculturalist
White Teachers, Multiracial Schools, CARLOS E. CORTÉS
SECOND EDITION Transforming the Multicultural Education
GARY R. HOWARD of Teachers: Theory, Research, and
Un-Standardizing Curriculum: Practice
Multicultural Teaching in the Standards- MICHAEL VAVRUS
Based Classroom
Learning to Teach for Social Justice
CHRISTINE E. SLEETER LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND, JENNIFER FRENCH,
Beyond the Big House: African American AND SILVIA PALOMA GARCIA-LOPEZ, EDS.
Educators on Teacher Education
Culture, Difference, and Power
GLORIA LADSON-BILLINGS CHRISTINE E. SLEETER
Teaching and Learning in Two Languages:
Learning and Not Learning English:
Bilingualism and Schooling in the
Latino Students in American Schools
United States
GUADALUPE VALDÉS
EUGENE E. GARCÍA
Culturally Responsive Teaching:
Improving Multicultural Education:
Theory, Research, and Practice
Lessons from the Intergroup
Education Movement GENEVA GAY
CHERRY A. MCGEE BANKS The Children Are Watching: How the
Media Teach About Diversity
Education Programs for Improving
Intergroup Relations: Theory, Research, CARLOS E. CORTÉS
and Practice Race and Culture in the Classroom:
WALTER G. STEPHANAND Teaching and Learning Through
W. PAUL VOGT, EDS. Multicultural Education
Walking the Road: Race, Diversity, and MARY DILG
Social Justice in Teacher Education The Light in Their Eyes: Creating
MARILYN COCHRAN-SMITH Multicultural Learning Communities
City Schools and the American Dream: SONIA NIETO
Reclaiming the Promise of Public Reducing Prejudice and Stereotyping
Education in Schools
PEDRO A. NOGUERA WALTER STEPHAN
Thriving in the Multicultural Classroom: Educating Citizens in a Multicultural
Principles and Practices for Effective Society
Teaching JAMES A. BANKS
MARY DILG Multicultural Education, Transformative
Educating Teachers for Diversity: Seeing Knowledge, and Action: Historical and
with a Cultural Eye Contemporary Perspectives
JACQUELINE JORDAN IRVINE JAMES A. BANKS, ED.

Multicultural Strategies for
Education and Social Change
CARRIERS OF THE TORCH
IN THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH AFRICA
Arnetha F. Ball
Foreword by Shirley Brice Heath
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York and London
Published by Teachers College Press, 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027
Copyright © 2006 by Teachers College, Columbia University
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, or any information
storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher.
Portions of Chapter 2 are reprinted from “The Value of Recounting Narratives: Memo-
rable Learning Experiences in the Lives of Inner-City Students and Teachers,” by A. F.
Ball, 1988, Journal of Narrative Inquiry,8, pp. 1–30. Copyright © 1988 by John
Benjamins Publishing Co. Reprinted with permission.
Portions of Chapters 2, 6, and 7 are reprinted from “US and South African Teachers’
Developing Perspectives on Language and Literacy: Changing Domestic and International
Roles of Linguistic Gate-Keepers,” by A. F. Ball, in Black Linguistics: Language, Society,
and Politics in Africa and the Americas (pp. 186–214), edited by S. Makoni, G. Smitherman,
A. F. Ball, and A. K. Spears, 2003, London: Routledge. Copyright © 2003 by Routledge
Press. Reprinted with permission.
Portions of Chapters 4, 5, and 7 are reprinted from “Teachers’ Developing Philosophies
on Literacy and Its Use in Urban Schools: A Vygotskian Perspective on Internal Activity
and Teacher Change,” by A. F. Ball, in Vygotskian Perspectives on Literacy Research:
Constructing Meaning Through Collaborative Inquiry (pp. 226–255), edited by C. Lee
and P. Smagorinsky, 2000, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Copyright ©
2000 by Cambridge University Press. Reprinted with permission.
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Ball, Arnetha F., 1950–
Multicultural strategies for education and social change : carriers of the torch in the
United States and South Africa / Arnetha F. Ball.
p. cm. — (Multicultural education series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8077-4670-3 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 0-8077-4669-X (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Teachers—Training of—Cross-cultural studies. 2. Teachers—Training of—United
States. 3. Teachers—Training of—South Africa. 4. Social change—United States.
5. Social change—South Africa. I. Title. II. Multicultural education series
(New York, N.Y.)
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In memory of
Madoda Ntilashe,
a very powerful teacher and advocate for social change
who touched the lives of many students,
and
to my mother,
Mildred Hayes Mathews,
who instilled and nurtured in me
a sense of efficacy and advocacy

Hold high the torch ...
’Tis yours to keep it burning bright,
Yours to pass on when others need more light;
For there are other feet that we must guide,
And those who go marching by our side,
Their eyes are watching every tear and smile,
And efforts which we think are not worthwhile,
Are sometimes just the very helps they need,
Actions to which their souls would give most heed,
So that in turn they’ll hold it high, and say,
“I watched someone else carry it in this way.”
... Hold high the torch of beauty, truth, and love ...
“Ye are the light of the world.
Go! ... Shine for me.”
—Dorothy M. Howard

Contents
Series Foreword xi
Foreword by Shirley Brice Heath xvii
Preface xxv
Acknowledgments xxix
1. The Global Challenge of Preparing Teachers for Diversity:
A Legacy of Educational Access Denied 1
The Challenge 3
The Global Nature of the Challenge 5
Teacher Efficacy 7
The Research Journey 9
The Journey Begins 12
In Conclusion 14
2. Borders and Boundaries: Common Bonds and
Dissimilar Circumstances 15
Understanding the Social and Historical Context:
A Legacy of Segregation and Apartheid 15
Common Bonds Concerning Teacher Preparation 22
Teacher Responses to These Common Bonds and
Similar Circumstances 26
3. Parallel Stories, Parallel Dreams: Narratives That Link
Lives Across National Boundaries 30
Sharing Narratives in Alternative Learning Environments 30
Narratives of Violence and Personal Loss: Life Lessons 33
Narratives of Discipline and Corporal Punishment 36
Narratives of Inspiring Teachers 38
The Value of Sharing Critical Moments 40
What We Know and What We Need to Know 45
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