Description: Cultural Studies and Education is a timely introduction to cultural studies and the ways in which it can enrich both education scholarship and practice.
Brief description: Heather A. Harding is an advanced doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she is a teaching fellow for courses in educational policy, school reform, and race, and is a former co-chair of the Harvard Educational Review. She currently supervises campus leaders at Citizen Schools, an afterschool program that provides adult-led apprenticeships for middle school students. She has worked as a rural secondary teacher, a professional development coordinator, and organizational change consultant for several Boston-area education reform organizations. Harding's research uncovers the motivation and classroom practice successful White teachers of students of color.
Review Quotes: This collection of powerful and profound essays fills a longstanding void between educational practice and cultural theory. Readers will gain insight into the ways in which education is influenced by larger cultural currents in society, and as those connections are made clear, new ways of understanding and intervening will also become evident. Pedro A. Noguera, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University"