White Teachers / Diverse Classrooms - Creating Inclusive Schools, Building on Students Diversity, and

Informationen zum Autor Julie Landsman has taught in Minneapolis Public Schools for 25 years. She has also been a visiting Professor at Carleton College in Northfield Minnesota, and an adjunct professor at Hamline University and Metro State University in St. Paul. She is the author of numerous books on race and education and a frequent speaker and consultant around the country and abroad. She can be reached through her website at jlandsman.com Chance W. Lewis is the Houston Endowment Inc., Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Urban Education and the Co-Director of the urban education graduate program in the College of Education at Texas A&M University. Additionally, Dr. Lewis is the Co-Director of the Center for Urban School Partnerships at Texas A&M University. Dr. Lewis also serves as the Deputy Director for the Center of African American Research and Policy (CAARP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During his career, Dr. Lewis has over 100 publications include over 50 refereed journal articles in some of the leading academic journals in the field of urban education and teacher education. Additionally, he has received over $4 million in external research funds to support his research. To date, Dr. Lewis has author/co-authored/co-edited 4 books: White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms: A Guide for Building Inclusive Schools, Eliminating Racism and Promoting High Expectations (Stylus, 2006), The Dilemmas of Being an African American Male in the New Millennium: Solutions for Life Transformation; An Educator's Guide to Working with African American Students: Strategies for Promoting Academic Success (Infinity, 2008); and Transforming Teacher Education: What Went Wrong with Teacher Training and How We Can Fix It (Stylus, 2010). Finally, Dr. Lewis has provided consultative services (i.e., professional development and research services) to over 100 school districts and universities across the United States and Canada. Dr. Lewis can be reached by e-mail at [e-mail] or v Klappentext Provides an insightful approach to inclusive and equitable teaching and illustrate its transformative power to bring about success. It encourages reflection and self-examination and calls for an understanding of how students can achieve. It also demonstrates what is involved in terms of recognizing biases, confronting institutional racism, surmounting stereotyping, adopting culturally relevant teaching, connecting with parents and the community, and integrating diversity. Zusammenfassung These interviews with Black students, White and Black teachers, educational experts and school administrators poignantly bring to life the issues, strategies and competencies that teachers need to engage with–if they are to create the conditions that will enable their students of color to succeed and excel. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. A Call to Action and Self-Reflection for White Teachers in Diverse Classrooms—Julie G. Landsman and Chance W. Lewis Part I. Foundations of Our Work. Recognizing Power, Privilege, and Perspectives 1. Being White. Invisible Privileges of a New England Prep School Girl—Julie Landsman 2. Reflections on Education. A Two Way Journey—Kahlia Yang and Aaron Rudolf Miller Hokanson Part II. Culturally Relevant Teachers. Foundations and Personal Engagement 3. "Yes, But How Do We Do It?". Practicing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy—Gloria Ladson-Billings 4. The Empty Desk in the Third Row. Experiences of an African American Male Teacher—Robert Simmons 5. But Good Intentions Are Not Enough. Doing What’s Necessary to Teach for Diversity—H. Richard Milner 6. The Unintentional Undermining of Multicultural Education. Educators at the Equity Crossroads—Paul Gorski 7. White Women’s Work. On the Front Lines of Urban Education—Stephen D. Hancock 8. When Truth and Joy Are At Stake. Challenging the Status Quo in the High School English Class—Julie Landsman 9. Color Blindness, Unconscious Bias, and Student...

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• Authors: Julie (EDT)/ Lewis Landsman
• Assisted by: Julie Landsman (Editor), Chance W Lewis (Editor), Chance W. Lewis (Editor)
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2011
• EAN: 9781579225957
• ISBN: 978-1-57922-595-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries