About all required readings, as well as many of the recommended readings are available electronically through Canvas, either under the "Course Resource" tab or, in a few cases, under the "Files" tab.
Many of the readings are also linked in the course syllabus when there are no copyright issues.
You may want to purchase some of the books, particularly those not available electronically or that may not be downloaded, specifically:
- Gilmore, Perry Kisisi (our language); The story of Colin and Sadiki.Malden, MA: Blackwell.
- Groce, Nora E. and John W. Whiting
Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language
- Heath, Shirley Brice
Ways with words: Language, life, and work in communities and classrooms.
New York: Cambridge University Press. 1983
- Koyama, Jill Making failure pay: For-profit tutoring, high-stake testing, and public schools. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 2010
- Lareau, Annette Home advantage: Social class and parental intervention in elementary education.
New York: The Falmer Press. 1989
- Lave, Jean and Etienne Wenger Situated learning:
Legitimate peripheral participation. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1991.
- Mehan, Bud
Learning lessons: Social organization in the classroom. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1979
- Moffatt, Michael Coming of age in New Jersey:
College and American culture. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. 1989
- Rancière, Jacques The ignorant school master. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press 1999 [1987]
- Redfield, Robert The little community. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1960 [1956]
- Tobin, Joseph, J. and David Y.H. Wu, Dana H. Davidson Preschool in three cultures: Japan, China, and the United States. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 1989
- Varenne, Hervé et al. Educating in life: ethnographies of challenging new normals. Routledge (2019).
Do note that all registered students with a UNI number have access to both the TC library
as well as the Columbia e-journal collections.
I personally strongly encouraged students, particularly doctoral students, to purchase personal copies of the books, as well as download and print articles. This allows you to write in comments and such that will remain useful in your future.