Building Racial and Cultural Competence in the Classroom - Strategies from Urban Educators

Informationen zum Autor Karen Manheim Teel is on the faculty of the School of Education at the University of California at Davis. Jennifer E. Obidah is the director of the Education Evaluation Centre at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. They are the authors of the bestselling book, Because of the Kids: Facing Racial and Cultural Differences in Schools. Klappentext Tackles the impact of race and culture on teaching and learning. This book places focus on the connections among teacher quality, teacher preparation, and the achievement gap for African Americans and other children of color. It addresses ways that teachers can assess and enhance their own racial and cultural competence. Zusammenfassung Tackles the impact of race and culture on teaching and learning. This book places focus on the connections among teacher quality! teacher preparation! and the achievement gap for African Americans and other children of color. It addresses ways that teachers can assess and enhance their own racial and cultural competence.

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• Authors: Karen Manheim Teel, Karen Manheim (EDT)/ Obidah Teel
• Assisted by: Marilyn Cochran-Smith (Editor), Susan L Lytle (Editor), Susan L. Lytle (Editor), Jennifer E Obidah (Editor), Jennifer E. Obidah (Editor), Karen Manheim Teel (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2008
• EAN: 9780807748619
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-4861-9
• No. of pages: 183
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Practitioner Inquiry (Paperbac; Practitioner Inquiry (Paperbac; Practitioner Inquiry; Practitioner Inquiry Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries