Disrupting the Official Curriculum: Cultural Biography and the Curriculum Decision Making of Latino Preservice Teachers

Cinthia Salinas ^[2] ; Antonio J. Castro ^[1]
1. [1] University of Missouri
  
  University of Missouri
  
  Township of Columbia, Estados Unidos
2. [2] The University of Texas
Localización: Theory and research in social education, ISSN 0093-3104, Vol. 38, Nº 3, 2010, págs. 428-463
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- This multiple case study traces the influence of cultural biographies on the curriculum decision making of two Latino preservice teachers who student taught in standards-based schools. These participants drew on their personal and cultural experiences to disrupt the -official- curriculum, which they believed failed to address fundamental issues of race and inequity. Findings suggest that personal encounters with discrimination and economic injustice informed the curricular decisions of participants. In addition, participants held a constructivist view of the social studies, allowing them to teach using multiple perspectives that challenged dominant narratives in the social studies.