1st Edition
Diversity in the Classroom A Casebook for Teachers and Teacher Educators
130 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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This casebook is part of a nationwide effort to capture and use practitioner knowledge to better prepare teachers for the reality of today's classrooms, given a student population vastly different from that of even a decade ago. Consciously designed to provoke engaging and demanding discussion, the cases presented here are candid, dramatic, highly readable accounts of teaching events or series... Read more
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Part I: Teaching New Concepts and Skills. A Case of Ganas. Moments of Truth: Teaching Pygmalion. Attempting to Teach Self-Esteem. Part II: Integrating Non-English Speakers Into the Classroom. Then & Now: Insights Gained for Helping Children Learn English. Please, Not Another ESL Student. Part III: Interactions With Students. Fighting for Life in Third Period. Drained by One Troubled Child: Did I Help? Darius: I Hope He Makes It! A Trip to Hell. From "Outsider" to Active Learner: Struggles in a Newcomer School. Part IV: The Influence of Parents and Community. My "Good Year" Explodes: A Confrontation With Parents. Opening Pandora's Box: The Mystery Behind an "Ideal Student." Home Visits. Annotated Bibliography. Appendix: Guidelines for Writing a Case.
Biography
Judith Shulman, Director, Institute for Case Development, Far West Laboratory, USA. Amalia Mesa-Bains, Educational Scholar /Staff Developer, Far West Laboratory /San Francisco Unified School District, USA.
"As a tool in teacher education, this book is indispensable. Using Diversity in the Classroom provides a context for both preservice and inservice teachers to explore the diversity of human experiences and human nature....[This book] can help teachers listen to all voices, tolerate difference, and acknowledge all peoples, enabling them to see uniqueness and value their place within it."
—Journal of Reading
