Working from Within: Chicana and Chicano Activist Educators in Whitestream Schools, Luis Urrieta, Jr. (original) (raw)
2011, Anthropology and Education Quarterly
generated important understandings of how Latino cultural constructs such as consejos, educación, and respeto influence Latinos' experiences in and out of schools. Rodríguez-Brown (ch. 24) further clarifies how respect for Latino cultural values can help create strong home-school partnerships with Latino families. Sanchez Muñoz and García (ch. 18) suggest a paradigm shift in thinking about minority students as "at potential" rather than "at-risk" and they posit that educators would be wise to shift their emphasis from "needs assessments" to "asset inventories" in determining how best to serve students. The majority of Handbook authors heed this call by explicitly debunking deficit explanations and highlighting Latinos' linguistic, cultural, and other strengths to which successful policies and practices must be responsive.
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