Melting Pot Influences on Secondary English Curriculum Policy

Auteurs-es

  • Allison Skerrett The University of Texas at Austin

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.22230/ijepl.2009v4n11a184

Mots-clés :

cultural diversity, curriculum policy, English literature, language arts, multicultural literature, racial diversity, standardization

Résumé

This article explores how racial, cultural, and linguistic diversity are addressed in secondary English curriculum policy in Massachusetts, U.S.A. Data are analyzed through theories of the sociology of knowledge and the myth of the United States melting pot. Analysis revealed that curriculum policy privileged Eurocentric literature and the English language and adhered to a melting pot ideology. The article considers how the international educational policy movement toward post-standardization may afford greater responsiveness to diversity.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Allison Skerrett, The University of Texas at Austin

Allison Skerrett is an Assistant Professor of English Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Publié-e

2009-11-16

Comment citer

Skerrett, A. (2009). Melting Pot Influences on Secondary English Curriculum Policy. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 4(11). https://doi.org/10.22230/ijepl.2009v4n11a184

Numéro

Vol. 4 No. 11 (2009): Melting Pot Influences on Secondary English Curriculum Policy

Rubrique

Policy

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