Educating Teachers for Diversity: Seeing with a Cultural Eye

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Teachers College Press, May 8, 2003 - Education - 103 pages
"Educating Teachers for Diversity addresses the complex issues of how culture, race and ethnicity, and social class influence the teaching and learning processes. The author provides not only an analysis of current conditions and reforms in education, but also offers suggestions and practices for improving educational outcomes for all children.
 

Contents

The Education of Children Whose Nightmares Come
1
Multiculturalism Through
15
Recommendations 235
24
African American Teachers Perspectives
31
Complexity of the Issue of Care
41
Teachers of Color as Cultural Translators
55
Assessment and Equity in a Culturally Diverse Society
62
A Proposal for Change
70
In Conclusion
85
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About the author (2003)

Jacqueline Jordan Irvine is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Urban Education in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. Her books include Growing Up African American in Catholic Schools.

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