Culturally Proficient Inquiry: A Lens for Identifying and Examining Educational Gaps

Randall B. Lindsey

SAGE Publications, Feb 20, 2008 - Education - 233 pages

Use inquiry to promote equity and transform your school’s educational environment!

Using cultural proficiency as a lens, the authors guide practitioners through the process of gathering and analyzing data to meet the needs of historically underserved students. This book outlines a critical evaluation process and provides rubrics to examine why some students are not being educated to their full potential. With a CD-ROM of tables and spreadsheets for data entry, the book show educators how to:

• Encourage discussions about educational equity
• Create a realistic picture of a school's cultural and economic diversity
• Initiate authentic systemic change
• Effectively respond to NCLB mandates

About the author

Randall B. Lindsey is Emeritus Professor at California State University, Los Angeles. He has served as a teacher, an administrator, executive director of a non-profit corporation, as Interim Dean at California Lutheran University, as Distinguished Educator in Residence at Pepperdine University, and as Chair of the Education Department at the University of Redlands. Prior to that he served for seventeen years at California State University, Los Angeles in the Division of Administration and Counseling. All of Randy’s experiences have been in working with diverse populations and his area of study is the behavior of white people in multicultural settings. His Ph.D. is in Educational Leadership from Georgia State University, his Master of Arts in Teaching is in History Education from the University of Illinois, and his B.S. in Social Science Education is from Western Illinois University. He has served as a junior high school and high school teacher and as an administrator in charge of school desegregation efforts. At Cal State, L.A. he served as Chair of the Division of Administration and Counseling and as Director of the Regional Assistance Centers for Educational Equity, a regional race desegregation assistance center. With co-authors he has written several books and articles on Cultural Proficiency. Most recent publication is The Cultural Proficiency Manifesto: Finding Clarity Amidst the Noise.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Culturally Proficient Inquiry: A Lens for Identifying and Examining Educational Gaps
• Editor: Randall B. Lindsey
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 2008
• ISBN: 1412926017, 9781412926010
• Length: 233 pages
• Subjects: Education / Administration / General; Education / Aims & Objectives; Education / Counseling / Academic Development; Education / Leadership; Education / Multicultural Education; Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects; Education / Professional Development