Browsing by Subject "Latino critical theory"
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Item Education’s closet : the curious incident of the missing narratives of Queer Latino social studies teachers(2021-05-06) Montemayor, Steven Ray; Salinas, Cinthia; Franquiz, Maria E; Payne, Katherina; Brown, Anthony L; Flores, Tracey; Epstein, TerrieThis critical narrative qualitative study focuses on the stories of three Self-Identified Queer Latino social studies teachers. The stories the participants share is well documented using testimonio. The three participants each have a unique critical lens to share regarding their experiences of seeking to challenge the heteronormative curriculum, confronting the homophobia embedded in K-12 schools and finally utilizing subversive and overt ways to incorporate Queer narratives into their classroom teaching. Utilizing intersectionality, the participants share how their race and sexuality are entwined regarding their identity and teaching. The participants' stories allowed for a theoretical analysis through the frameworks of Latino Critical Theory, and QueerCritical Theory. These stories shared by the participants seek to inform on the need to better understand the epistemological stances Queer Latino social studies utilize in their teaching and the ways the participants disrupt dominant narratives and discourses in social studies education.Item Estamos en la lucha : revealing and resisting racism and linguicism in mathematics education(2022-05-02) Jones, Stacy R.; Gomez Marchant, Carlos Nicolas; Gonzalez-Howard, María; Madkins, Tia; Pérez, MichelleThis dissertation reveals dominant narratives of Raza learners in mathematics education research and challenges these narratives through composite counter-storytelling. Our society, and consequently mathematics education and mathematics education research, is built from a white, middle-class perspective which silences the voices and experiences of Raza and other Communities of Color. I use Latinx critical theory throughout three distinct articles to reveal and challenge myths told from the dominant culture about the learning and doing of mathematics for Raza learners and to amplify and center the voices of elementary age Raza learners. The first article examines the dominant narratives in mathematics education research through a critical literature analysis. The second article provides a methodology for developing composite counter-stories, extending Solórzano & Yosso’s (2001; 2002) work on the components in composite counter-storytelling and Cook’s (2013) work on place as a character in composite counter-storytelling. The final article explores four Borderlands of Language elementary age Raza learners navigate due to the conflicting spaces and messages of dominant and home cultures. Major findings reveal the deficit narratives of Raza learners in mathematics education (research) and how Raza learners resist and persevere in spaces not made with them in mind. This study presents new knowledge for the field of mathematics education research, not for Raza learners experiencing marginalization daily, in naming the racist behaviors which have been normalized in academia and mathematics classrooms. Furthermore, this study extends our understanding of the development of composite counter-stories through centering the voices of Raza learners. Finally, this dissertation fills a gap in the existing literature on how Raza learners navigate language as a Border space in predominantly white spaces, such as the mathematics classroom.Item Throwing out the text and challenging the master narrative : a Chicano educator decolonizes the first year experience(2014-05) Saldivar, Jose L; Urrieta, LuisThis dissertation examines the educational journey of a Chicano educator; from his early experiences with colonization while growing up in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas to his role as a lecturer in a First Year Experience course at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) along the U.S. - Mexico border. Ultimately asking the question, "what is his role as a Chicano educator?" and can the once colonized decolonize his own classroom?