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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970214403321

Titolo

Culturally proficient learning communities : confronting inequities through collaborative curiosity / / Delores B. Lindsey ... [et al.] ; foreword by Shirley M. Hord

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin, c2009

ISBN

9781452273006

1452273006

9781412972277

1412972272

9781452208459

145220845X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 148 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LindseyDelores B

Disciplina

379.260973

Soggetti

Education - Demographic aspects - United States

Educational equalization - United States

Multicultural education - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; PART I: Getting Centered; 1 - Getting Centered: The Tools of Cultural Proficiency; 2 - Getting Centered: Our History; 3 - Getting Centered: The Evolution of Learning Communities; PART II: Voices From the Field; 4 - Maple View: Sustaining a Culturally Proficient Learning Community; 5 - Assessing Cultural Knowledge Through Shared Personal Practice; 6 - Valuing Diversity Is a Reflection of Shared Beliefs, Values, and Vision; 7 - Managing the Dynamics of Difference Through Collaboration

8 - Adapting to Diversity Through Supportive and Shared Conditions9 - Institutionalizing Cultural Knowledge Through Collective Learning; PART III: Call to Action Disturb the System Through Curiosity and Inquiry; References; Suggested Additional Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Integrating the four Tools of Cultural Proficiency with the Proficient Learning Communities (PLC) framework, this guide provides school leaders with practical strategies for building equity-focused PLCs to



help all students achieve. It includes templates, protocols, activities and rubrics for deconstructing student inequalities.