Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-3-2024
Journal Title
AAPI Nexus Journal: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Policy, Practice and Community
Volume Number
21
Issue Number
1 & 2
First Page
293
Last Page
314
Disciplines
Curriculum and Social Inquiry | Race and Ethnicity | Secondary Education
Abstract
In recent years, political pressure to address systemic racism, police brutality, and racialized violence in California has resulted in the passage of laws and policies that mandate public schools, colleges, and universities to require Ethnic Studies courses. Amidst this expansion, an array of policies and practices are emerging within and across systems that reflect what is believed to be core knowledge in Ethnic Studies and subfields like Asian American Studies. This article distills observations from one site among these different systems—secondary schools—and describes a “flattening,” or watering down, of Asian American Studies in emerging curricula and instructional practices. It discusses four forms of flattening—subsuming, reducing, decontextualizing, and omitting—and offers recommendations for responding to these tendencies.
Original Publication Citation
James O. Fabionar and Jesse Mills (2024) “Flattening” Asian American Studies in Secondary Education: Strategies and Recommendations for Conceptualizing the Field in Public Schools. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2024, Vol. 21, No. 1 & 2. https://www.aapinexus.org/2024/04/03/article-flattening-asian-american-studies-in-secondary-education/
Digital USD Citation
Fabionar, James O. and Mills, Jesse, "“Flattening” Asian American studies in secondary education: Strategies and recommendations for conceptualizing the field of public schools" (2024). School of Leadership and Education Sciences: Faculty Scholarship. 85.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/soles-faculty/85
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Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, Secondary Education Commons
Notes
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