{"title":"An interesting time in my childhood: Thinking about storied experience to understand complexities of curriculum making and diversity","authors":"E. Chan","doi":"10.53956/jfde.2015.49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53956/jfde.2015.49","url":null,"abstract":"This paper highlights ways in which examining the storied experience of students may enhance our understanding of the complexities of curriculum making and diversity. Teachers, administrators, and other members of a diverse urban school implemented curriculum, practices, and policies that suggested a commitment to acknowledging the home cultures, languages, and religions that students brought to school. Examination of one Chinese student’s “stories of experience” (Connelly & Clandinin, 1990), however, revealed nuances and unexpected complexities of balancing integration into mainstream peer groups in school while growing up in an immigrant home. The nuances highlight ways in which schooling may contribute to shaping the ethnic identity of immigrant and minority students in ways that are much more complex than realized by teachers, administrators, and policy makers.","PeriodicalId":184320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Diversity in Education","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114656017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Worlds of Curriculum Making: Familial Curriculum-Making Worlds and School Curriculum-Making Worlds","authors":"S. Lessard","doi":"10.53956/jfde.2015.48","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53956/jfde.2015.48","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores familial and school curriculum-making worlds as conceptualized by Huber, Murphy, & Clandinin (2011). Through inquiry into the experiences of Donovan, an aboriginal youth from an earlier narrative inquiry, this paper explores his multiple worlds of curriculum making that he composes alongside his family and community. It is through inquiry into Donovan’s multiple worlds of curriculum making that his life-making experiences become more animate and visible, thereby creating possibilities to further understand curriculum-making worlds, both in and outside of school places.","PeriodicalId":184320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Diversity in Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122726840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Keeping Mama in Mind: Curriculum Making through Stories to Live by in the Book In Mrs. Tully’s Room: A Childcare Portrait by Vivian Paley","authors":"Jacqueline Filipek, J. Tine","doi":"10.53956/jfde.2015.46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53956/jfde.2015.46","url":null,"abstract":"There is not an abstract for this book review.","PeriodicalId":184320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Diversity in Education","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134472556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Colour Me a New Curriculum-Making Story","authors":"J. Menon","doi":"10.53956/jfde.2015.43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53956/jfde.2015.43","url":null,"abstract":"There is not an abstract for this book review.","PeriodicalId":184320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Diversity in Education","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124578639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attending to Invisible Doorways into Children’s Worlds of Play","authors":"Cindy Swanson","doi":"10.53956/jfde.2015.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53956/jfde.2015.41","url":null,"abstract":"There is not an abstract for this book review.","PeriodicalId":184320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Diversity in Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117009039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Familial Curriculum Making and a Home Reading Program","authors":"Sonia T. Houle","doi":"10.53956/jfde.2015.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53956/jfde.2015.47","url":null,"abstract":"Home, community, and school experiences shape children’s lives. In this paper I focus on the experiences of Matson, a young boy who was identified as a struggling reader in Grade 1, as well as the experiences of his mother and teachers who live alongside him. I inquire specifically into his family’s curriculum making around home reading. This narrative inquiry is situated in a Deweyan perspective on education and in the curriculum studies literature, particularly within the concepts of lived curriculum and curriculum making. The four commonplaces of curriculum help me explore the making of curriculum in school and at home. While researching, my back and forth travel between school and home allowed me to notice and explore tensions. This multiperspectival approach also presents a shift from the teacher-centered perspective on children’s education and curriculum making in school. This study shows how curriculum making in school and at home involves ongoing processes of assessment making and identity making, and illustrates how curriculum making shapes, and is shaped by, these factors. The relationship I developed with Matson’s mother allowed me to know more about Matson’s experiences. This perspective revealed secret stories and counterstories. ","PeriodicalId":184320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Diversity in Education","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132930712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Boy Who Would Be a Hockey Player, Musician and So Much More: Composing a Life alongside my Son","authors":"Claire Desrochers","doi":"10.53956/jfde.2015.50","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53956/jfde.2015.50","url":null,"abstract":"There is not an abstract for this book review.","PeriodicalId":184320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Diversity in Education","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124147432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Somewhere between a Possibility and a Pipe Dream: District-level Leadership that Promotes Family Inclusion and Engagement in Education","authors":"Catherine M. Hands","doi":"10.53956/jfde.2014.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53956/jfde.2014.25","url":null,"abstract":"This paper looks at strengthening parent engagement in education, focusing on leadership strategies for reaching and supporting parents. The qualitative case study of a district’s multiple approaches for enhancing parent engagement involved 8 individual and focus group interviews, observations, and document analyses. The superintendent and principals shared leadership with school councils for developing initiatives. They collaborated with community organizations to provide parenting support, social services and resources to enable participation. Despite some success, the leaders were challenged to establish engagement programs widely across the district due to a managed, hierarchical, organizational structure and limited parent input on educational goals. The research contributes to a discussion of enhancing relations among families and schools to promote all students’ academic achievement and wellbeing. ","PeriodicalId":184320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Diversity in Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130189194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diversity in Family","authors":"Karen L Hadwen","doi":"10.53956/jfde.2014.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53956/jfde.2014.35","url":null,"abstract":"Diversity in Family Life by Elisabetta Ruspini discusses the changing form of families over the past few decades. The book addresses gender roles, stereotypes and the concept of family, including couples that choose to be child free.","PeriodicalId":184320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Diversity in Education","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130346308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chinese Immigrant Families Living in the US Practice Parental Involvement Differently","authors":"Shu-Hui Lin, Martha J. Lash","doi":"10.53956/jfde.2014.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53956/jfde.2014.32","url":null,"abstract":"A qualitative case study methodology was used to research and understand how five Chinese immigrant families support their children’s academic achievement through parental involvement at home and school. The study is derived from two research questions: (1) what are the parents’ educational beliefs in supporting their children’s school learning? and (2) what parental involvement steps do parents adopt to aid their children in achieving academic success? As the data indicated, these Chinese immigrant parents had high academic expectations for their children’s educational outcomes; they especially believe their children must master the English language (verbal and literacy) and have a sound mathematical knowledge base. Second, the study shows that these parents are highly engaged in home-based parent involvement (e.g., study areas, books and learning materials, teaching and assisting with math and language, especially, and all subject learning generally). It is also shows that these parents responded to “invitations” from the school for involvement. The findings of this study calls attention to the challenges and strategies of the Chinese immigrant families for school involvement and the need for a home‒school connection and parent‒teacher cooperation for the Chinese immigrant family","PeriodicalId":184320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Diversity in Education","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133001559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}