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Becoming a Multicultural Educator
Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action
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eBook - ePub
Becoming a Multicultural Educator
Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action
About this book
Becoming a Multicultural Educator: Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action focuses on the development and application of research-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment strategies for multicultural education in PKā12 classrooms. This text answers the growing need to prepare teachers to work with diverse populations of students in a way that is not just theoretical, but readily applicable.
Award-winning authors William A. Howe and Penelope L. Lisi balance theory and research via numerous exercises, reflective experiences, and lesson plans designed to heighten readers' cultural awareness, knowledge base, and skill set. The fully updated Fourth Edition is packed with new activities and exercises to illustrate concepts along with new topics, case studies, and interviews. Additional sections tackle current topics in multicultural education, including the disparate effects of COVID, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the benefits of classroom diversity.
With the support of this practical and highly readable book, readers will be prepared to teach in culturally responsive ways, develop a critical understanding of culture and its powerful influence on teaching and learning, and feel empowered to confront and address timely issues.
Award-winning authors William A. Howe and Penelope L. Lisi balance theory and research via numerous exercises, reflective experiences, and lesson plans designed to heighten readers' cultural awareness, knowledge base, and skill set. The fully updated Fourth Edition is packed with new activities and exercises to illustrate concepts along with new topics, case studies, and interviews. Additional sections tackle current topics in multicultural education, including the disparate effects of COVID, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the benefits of classroom diversity.
With the support of this practical and highly readable book, readers will be prepared to teach in culturally responsive ways, develop a critical understanding of culture and its powerful influence on teaching and learning, and feel empowered to confront and address timely issues.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Brief Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Exercises
- About the Authors
- Part I Background
- 1 Multicultural Education: History, Theory, and Evolution
- 2 Becoming a Multicultural Educator: A Four-Step Model
- Part II Knowledge
- 3 Historical Perspectives on a Multicultural America
- 4 Foundational Knowledge for Culturally Responsive Teaching
- Part III Awareness
- 5 Understanding Cultural Identities and Their Influence on Teaching and Learning
- 6 Learning to Understand and Respect Differences
- Part IV Skills
- 7 Curriculum Development and Lesson Planning
- 8 Instructional Approaches Needed by Multicultural Educators
- 9 Developing Skills in Teaching Language and Understanding Linguistic Diversity
- 10 Assessment That Is Culturally Responsive
- Part V Action
- 11 Creating the Multicultural Classroom
- 12 Creating the Multicultural School
- Appendix - The Vital Multicultural ClassroomāResources, Organizations, and Associations
- Glossary
- References
- Index