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Informationen zum Autor Connie Schaffer is a faculty member at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her teaching and research focus on preparing pre-service teachers to better understand the context of urban schools and the students who attend them.Meg White is an Assistant Professor in Teacher Education at Stockton University. Currently much of her teaching and scholarship is preparing pre-service teachers to be effective urban educators.Corine Meredith Brown is Assistant Chair for the Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Education Department at Rowan University. Her teaching and research focus on pre-service teacher preparation in diverse learning environments. Klappentext Within a framework of cognitive dissonance, readers will continuously examine and reexamine their personal beliefs and perceptions. Readers will also investigate new information and varied perspectives related to urban schools. When readers finish this book, they will be on their way to becoming effective teachers in urban environments. Zusammenfassung Within a framework of cognitive dissonance! readers will continuously examine and reexamine their personal beliefs and perceptions. Readers will also investigate new information and varied perspectives related to urban schools. When readers finish this book! they will be on their way to becoming effective teachers in urban environments. Inhaltsverzeichnis ABOUT THE COVER ARTFOREWORD-JACK MCKAYACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER ONE: PERSONAL EXPLORATIONHow do you define yourself culturally?establishing a frame of referenceABC's of cultural understanding and communicationCHAPTER TWO: CREATING A DEFINITION OF URBANgraffiti wallsphere of influence within the social contextdefinitions of urban based on populationdefinitions of urban based on social contextbroadening the definition of urbanmoving beyond a single story of urban schoolsCHAPTER THREE: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTScase study 3.1: the story of amiemaslow's identification of human needspoverty muralthe complexities of povertycase study 3.2: the bank street schoolCHAPTER FOUR: STAGES OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: INTERNAL REFLECTIONSstages of cognitive dissonance related to urban schoolscreating the felt needa kwl chart on urban schoolsshifting from apprehension to appreciationculture walksmoving beyond the deficit approachcommon scenariosCHAPTER FIVE: STAGES OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: EXTERNAL IMPLICATIONSvalue line part oneclosing the gapsvalue line part twoteaching for social justiceteaching for social justice gallery walkCHAPTER SIX: TRANSFORMING KNOWLEDGE INTO ACTIONteachers as activistsimagining a socially just classroompersonal sphere of influence modelidentifying elements in your personal sphere of influenceCHAPTER SEVEN: TRANSLATING THEORY INTO ACTIONcase study 7.1: Ruby bridgesINDEXABOUT THE AUTHORS...
