Asian Indian American Children's Creative Writing: An Approach for Cultural Preservation

Autor:	Howard L. Smith, Kalpana Mukunda Iyengar
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Asian Indian 05 social sciences 050301 education CONTEST Education Content analysis Pedagogy Religious education Creative writing 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 0503 education Curriculum Inclusion (education) Cultural competence 050104 developmental & child psychology
Zdroj:	Educational Studies. 52:95-118
ISSN:	1532-6993 0013-1946
DOI:	10.1080/00131946.2016.1142993
Popis:	Many children from diverse cultures experience disconnectedness between their home and school. As they attempt to reconcile the conflicts among their multiple worlds, they must negotiate their situatedness in a variety of contexts, i.e., home community versus school, and construct a multifaceted identity. Absent support from school, Asian Indian American adolescents engage in acts of cultural preservation (CP), which, in turn, support their scholastic achievement. This article explores the thematic content of a group of Asian Indian American children's creative writing generated for the Kahani Project—a culturally contextualized version of Writers’ Workshop. In their texts, the six adolescents discuss the importance of their cultural traditions as tools to contest the various micro-aggressions they experience in school. Data from this study argue for cultural inclusion, not only for those at risk, but also for those students who successfully navigate a mainstream curriculum.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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