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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Ursula Thomas is assistant professor of early childhood education and Birth through Age Five program coordinator at the University of West Georgia. Her research agenda includes issues of cultural mediation and its effects on instructional choices, the power of teacher educator research on diversity in the classroom, views of social justice in the early childhood classroom, and preservice teachers' disposition on professionalism and diversity in teacher preparation programs. Klappentext Readers of this book will learn how to create and/or examine critical issues about culture and beliefs and the way these issues influence perceptions on how diverse learners experience learning. This book motivates the reader to examine, their own biases about instructional choices in the context of culture in classrooms. Zusammenfassung Readers of this book will learn how to create and/or examine critical issues about culture and beliefs and the way these issues influence perceptions on how diverse learners experience learning. This book motivates the reader to examine! their own biases about instructional choices in the context of culture in classrooms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Racial Identity Development: You are Here! Chapter 2: Mediation framework and teacher education dynamics Chapter 3: Brown Girl in the Ring Chapter 4: The Three R's: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic or Race, Relationship, and Reflection Chapter 5: But They Don't Speak English: Mapping Out How We Teach Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners Chapter 6: The State of School-Based Speech-Language Pathology in Teacher Education:Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Chapter 7: Lead, Follow of Get out of the Way: Cultural Mediation, Social Justice and Educational Leadership Chapter 8: Are We There Yet? Culture, Communication and Relationship: Making it to the Village Chapter 9: The Family Reunion: Community and the Journey Chapter 10: Pardon the Policy: Unpacking the Standards...
