The Cultural Politics of Schools: Implications for Leadership

摘要: There is an increasing interest among educational researchers in the ways resistance occurs schools and how systematically silence voices of students, teachers, disenfranchised communities. The literature on institutional silencing part a broader that addresses cultural politics (Kanpol, 1992; Quantz, Rogers, Dantley, 1991). ‘Cultural politics’ refers to (a.) ‘disruptive’ voices, (b.) serve as sites which student identities are negotiated within contexts reflect complex interactive dynamics class, race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, (c.) embed power relations structures, practices, curriculum, everyday life (Cherry-holmes, 1988)1.