Culturally Responsive Methodologies

Berryman (education, U. of Waikato, New Zealand), Soohoo, and Nevin assemble 19 chapters that demonstrate how researchers, doctoral students, teacher educators, and educators can research people from different cultures in a respectful manner. Researchers in special education, disabilities studies, multicultural studies, critical pedagogy, linguistics and language learning, lesbian studies, and other fields from New Zealand, the US, and Canada present their theories and practices within an alternative framework of research called culturally responsive methodologies, which challenge traditional research paradigms that devalue and dehumanize research participants. They explain what culturally responsive methodology is and how and why it differs from other forms, its benefits to participants and researchers, and how to unlearn traditional forms. They stress the importance of personal experiences and how to establish long-term meaningful relationships of interdependence to undertake culturally responsive and socially responsible research. They describe how their own cultures and multiple identities influence their research, their need to make respectful connections and develop relationships of trust with their collaborators, and what they have achieved in their collaborations. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Mere Berryman is Associate Professor and Director of Poutama pounamu, University of Waikato, New ZealandSuzanne SooHoo is Professor and Jack H. and Paula A. Hassinger Chair in Education, Chapman University, USAAnn Nevin is Professor Emerita, Arizona State University, USA