How to Teach Students Who Don't Look Like You: Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies / Edition 2

by Bonnie M. Davis

Overview

Engage diverse learners in your classroom with culturally responsive instruction! This new edition covers standards-based, culturally responsive lesson planning and instruction, differentiated instruction, RTI, and the Common Core.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901452257913
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/18/2012
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Bonnie M. Davis, Ph D, is a veteran teacher of 30 years and educator of 45 years who is passionate about education. She has taught in middle schools, high schools, universities, homeless shelters, and a men’s prison. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including Teacher of the Year, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Anti-Defamation League’s World of Difference Community Service Award.

She holds a Ph D in English from St. Louis University. She may be reached at www.educatingforchange or by e-mail at [e-mail].

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments About the Author How to Read the Book Looking Inside Ourselves
1. Our Culture: The Way We View the World
2. Reflection Questions for Examining Our Inner Selves
3. Exploring Our Racial Identity Through Our Racial History
4. What is Race?
5. A Day in the Life...
Listening To and Learning From Others
6. What Do We Need to Know About Culturally Diverse Learners?
7. Latino/a/ Hispanic Learners: A Personal Story
8. New Immigrant Learners of the 21st Century
9. What the Research Says About Learning Gaps
10. How to Build Relationships with Culturally Diverse Students and Families
11. Creating a School Culture That Welcomes Students, Staff, and Families Integrating New Knowledge
12. Strategies to Teach and Engage Culturally Diverse Learners/ELL's
13. Moving Students from Apathy to Passion: Learning to Love Reading and Writing
14. Standards Based, Culturally Responsive Lessons That Engage Learners
15. Readers' and Writers' Workshop: A Model for Standards-Based Culturally Responsive Instruction
16. Teachers in Today's Classrooms Share Their Lessons A Call to Action
17. A Call to Action: Sponsoring Academic Student Support Groups
18. A Call to Action: Taking Care of Yourself Final Thoughts Selected Bibliography Index