Pursuing Practical Change - Lesson Designs That Promote Culturally Responsive Teaching

This book provides theory and data that delves into practices needed to be successful in today’s classroom. Teachers will find support through the lesson plans of practitioners, their reflections, and various strategies for classroom instruction.

List of contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Caring for All Students as the Foundation for Language Arts Instruction
Chapter 2: History is not Static and Unchanging: Using Culturally Responsive Teaching to Develop Critical Social Science Thinking Skills and Active Citizenship
Chapter 3: Culturally Responsive Mathematics Instruction
Chapter 4: Empowering Scientific Minds: Integrating Cultural Perspectives in an Inclusive Classroom
Chapter 5: Caring for Body and Soul in Physical Education
Chapter 6: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music and Theatre Classrooms
Chapter 7: Culturally Responsive Teaching with the Visual Arts
Chapter 8: Cultural Inclusivity and Gamification
Chapter 9: CRT in the Virtual Classroom
About the Authors

About the author

Heather Dean, PhD,has spent her career in education teaching English at the junior high and high school level. Currently, she is an assistant professor of teacher education at California State University, Stanislaus with research interests in teacher retention and literacy education as well as understanding the best practices for training new teachers. Amber E. Wagnon, PhD, was a public school secondary educator for over a decade. She is currently an assistant professor of secondary education at Stephen F. Austin State University where her research interests include literacy education, experiential learning, and public school advocacy.

Summary

This book provides theory and data that delves into practices needed to be successful in today’s classroom. Teachers will find support through the lesson plans of practitioners, their reflections, and various strategies for classroom instruction.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Dean, Heather Wagnon Dean, Amber E Wagnon, Amber E. Wagnon
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9781475862805
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6280-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Curricula, Educational strategies & policy, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Curriculum planning & development, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Inclusive education / mainstreaming, Educational strategies and policy, Teachers’ classroom resources and material, Curriculum planning and development, EDUCATION / Teaching / Materials & Devices