In Minority Education and Caste (1978), Ogbu argued that involuntary minorities often adopted an oppositional identity to the mainstream culture in response to a glass ceiling imposed or …

Next, I will explain how the three perspectives on collective identity and schooling (my cultural-ecological model, the Fordham-Ogbu thesis, and Fordham’s theory) differ from each other.

First, it describes Ogbu's classification of minorities: autonomous, voluntary or immigrant, and involuntary or nonim-migrant minorities. Second, it explains Ogbu's cultural-ecological theory …

As an anthropologist, I am sensitive to the use of the phrase cultural diversity; as a student of minority education, I am con- cerned about its application or misapplication with respect to the …

This book is the definitive and final presentation of John Ogbu’s cultural ecological model and the many debates that his work has sparked during the past decade.

Jun 29, 2008 · This book is the definitive and final presentation of John Ogbu’s cultural ecological model and the many debates that his work has sparked during the past decade.

Aug 20, 2003 · Ogbu's main contribution is his application of cultural-ecological theory to explain why some minority groups are successful in school and why others are not.

His interest in the influence of culture change on cognitive skills led him to examine what he called “cultural amplifiers of intelligence” (e.g., schooling, art involvement, indigenous economic …

In this paper, I lay out the tenets of his cultural-ecological (CE) theory of minority student responses to schooling. I also offer critical commentary and point out ways in which CE theory …

Multicultural education advocates inadequately design their program to focus on cultural differences in content and form. This article contends that the crucial issue in cultural diversity …