White teachers / diverse classrooms [[electronic resource] ] : creating inclusive schools, building on students' diversity, and providing true educational equity / / edited by Julie G. Landsman and Chance W. Lewis

• Pubblicazione: Sterling, Va., : Stylus Pub., 2011
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.1170973
• Soggetto topico: Multicultural education - United States; Minorities - Education - United States; Race awareness - Study and teaching - United States; Teachers, White - United States; Multiculturalism - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LandsmanJulie LewisChance W <1972-> (Chance Wayne)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Foundations of our work : recognizing power, privilege, and perspectives -- pt. 2. Culturally relevant teachers : foundations and personal engagement -- pt. 3. Knowing who is in the classroom : how white teachers can ensure all children achieve -- pt. 4. Creating classrooms for equity, activism, and social justice.
• Sommario/riassunto: The point of departure for this new edition, as it was for the first, is the unacceptable reality that, for students of color, school is often not a place to learn but a place of low expectations and failure. In urban schools with concentrations of poverty, often fewer than half the ninth graders leave with a high school diploma. This second edition has been considerably expanded with chapters that illuminate the Asian American, Native American, and Latina/o experience, including that of undocumented students, in our schools. These chapters offer insights into the concerns and issues students
• Titolo autorizzato: White teachers
• ISBN: 1-57922-597-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461241803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II