Addressing key inequities in education, specifically the lack of inclusivity in instruction and pedagogy, Developing Teacher Cultural Consciousness outlines a framework and provides strategies for teachers and principals to enhance their understanding of cultural diversity and implementing culturally responsive teaching practices in the K-12 and Higher Education sectors, with a specific emphasis on addressing inequities faced by BIPOC and Latino/a/x students.
Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers are underrepresented in public schools across the United States of America, with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color making up roughly 37% of the adult population and 50% of children, but just 19% of the teaching force.
Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers are underrepresented in public schools across the United States of America, with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color making up roughly 37% of the adult population and 50% of children, but just 19% of the teaching force.
This interdisciplinary volume addresses the progress made regarding mental illness stigma in the realm of higher education while acknowledging how stigma has transformed to present more subtle challenges in this context and how it may be addressed to promote positive campus outcomes.
This book includes evidence-based accounts of inequities in the arts as well as a focus on systems that perpetuate and resolve inequities in this context - a topic of wide interest to researchers and practitioners in arts and culture.
Esta obra es fruto de la ejecución de un proyecto de I+D+i en el marco del Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía, proyecto Impulsa2 para el desarrollo personal, social y profesional de las mujeres en el ámbito rural.
This book is about the relation between the school, the family, and the community as agents of education considered as a large field that goes beyond schooling.
An inside look at a "e;no-excuses"e; charter school that reveals this educational model's strengths and weaknesses, and how its approach shapes studentsSilent, single-file lines.
This edited volume explores the impact of recent events worldwide that commanded rapid transformation with the areas of teaching, learning, assessment, administration, and academic support systems in today's higher education institutions globally.
The Knowledge Deficit illuminates the real issue in education today -- without an effective curriculum, American students are losing the global education race.
From Inclusion to Engagement challenges the ideologically driven academic discourse that has come to dominate inclusive education by presenting research-based knowledge about what actually works.
A vital inquiry into trans issues in education, this compelling work argues for the design of education research, policies, and environments that honor all gender experiences and identities.
This book provides critical insights and practical approaches to help you support babies and young children with special educational needs and disability (SEND) in the early years.
"e;At a time when many schools are struggling to become more inclusive within a contradictory national policy context, this book provides some helpful practical leads.
Imagine a school with a diverse student body where everyone feels safe and valued, and all-regardless of race, culture, home language, sexual orientation, gender identity, academic history, and individual challenges-have the opportunity to succeed with interesting classes, projects, and activities.
Imagine a school with a diverse student body where everyone feels safe and valued, and all-regardless of race, culture, home language, sexual orientation, gender identity, academic history, and individual challenges-have the opportunity to succeed with interesting classes, projects, and activities.
As a must-have reference for busy teachers with little special education training, this book supplies classroom-tested instructional strategies that address the characteristics of and challenges faced by students with special needs.
As a must-have reference for busy teachers with little special education training, this book supplies classroom-tested instructional strategies that address the characteristics of and challenges faced by students with special needs.
Creating and sustaining a classroom where every learner succeeds is a challenge for any teacher--especially when the elements of diversity and inclusion are added to the mix.
This book is the first holistic, practical resource for current and future teachers who have students with mild and moderate disabilities, bringing together all aspects of successfully teaching students under one cover with jargon-free, easy-to-understand, practical information, including RTI, IEPs, home-school collaboration and communication, legal issues, inclusion, intrinsic motivation, proactive classroom management, UDL, practical curriculum adaptions and strategies, PBIS, and more.
An honest confrontation of systemic racism in faculty hiring-and what to do about itWhile colleges and universities have been lauded for increasing student diversity, these same institutions have failed to achieve any comparable diversity among their faculty.
From the president of Wesleyan University, a compassionate and provocative manifesto on the crises confronting higher educationIn this bracing book, Michael S.
The Classroom Teacher's Guide to Special Education explores the transformative role the classroom teacher plays in the lives of their students, including the lives of students with disabilities.
Este libro te ayudará a conocer el cerebro para profundizar en el maravilloso mundo de la neurodiversidad, un concepto que alude a los múltiples tipos de cerebros y mentes que existen.
Our children have the energy, capacity, and passion to create and nurture a global culture in which inclusion, acceptance, respect, and participation are the core values that underpin a human being's every interaction.
