商品簡介
Education scholars Torres (language, literacy, and culture) and Reyes (early childhood and bilingual education, both New Mexico State U.) argue that the increasing universality and standardization of education research is hampering democratic ways of seeking knowledge and understanding by enforcing conformity to exclusively positivist criteria of research quality. They cover democratic and socially responsive research in education, denouncing the myths and pitfalls of research practices, announcing possibilities with research as praxis (RAP), circumventing the rigor shibboleth with democratic epistemologies and social responsiveness of RAP, epistemological relevance of action in RAP, and decolonizing family literacy in a culture circle. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Myriam N. Torres, a multidisciplinary educator by training, is Associate Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at New Mexico State University. As recognition for her numerous publications, she has been given the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research at her institution.
Loui V. Reyes is Associate Professor of Early Childhood and Bilingual Education in the College of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, at New Mexico State University. He earned his PhD in curriculum and instruction with specializations in early childhood education and bilingual/TESOL education, and has pursued post-doctorate studies in educational learning technologies.
