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Engaging Diverse Learners presents innovative approaches to classroom management by changing the classroom paradigm from a teacher-centered "managed" environment to a student-centered "empowering" classroom.
List of contents
Foreword: Andrea Honigsfeld
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Engaging Diverse Learners: Enhanced Approaches to Classroom Management
Joanna Alcruz and Maggie Blair
CHAPTER 2:Motivating Studentsfor Classroom Engagement
Joanna Alcruz and Mubina Schroeder
CHAPTER 3: Fostering Relationships, Engagement, and Community to Enhance Classroom Management
Eve Dieringer, Michael Ferretti, and Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski
CHAPTER 4:Creating Personalized Learning in Diverse Classrooms
Maggie Blair and Kevin Sheehan
CHAPTER 5:Creating Classrooms for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
Carrie L. McDermott Goldman and Lisa A. Peluso
CHAPTER 6:Communication Strategies Supporting Students for Grade-Level Transitions
Youn-Joo Park
CHAPTER 7:Fostering Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) for Classroom Management
Amandia Speakes-Lewis, Amy Meyers, and Carrie Sollin
About the author
Joanna Alcruz is an Associate Professor at Molloy College who currently teaches in the doctoral program in Educational Leadership for Diverse Learning Communities. Her expertise is in educational psychology and assessment with over 20 years of experience teaching pre-service candidates and educators.
Maggie Blair had been an active practitioner in the field of special education for the past fifty years, serving as a teacher, a staff developer, an administrator and a faculty member at the Molloy College School of Education and Human Services until her retirement in 2020. Currently Maggie is administrating a program she created which enables young adults with developmental disabilities to participate in a meaningful college experience.
Summary
Engaging Diverse Learners presents innovative approaches to classroom management by changing the classroom paradigm from a teacher-centered “managed” environment to a student-centered “empowering” classroom.
