TY - BOOK AU - Davis,Bonnie M. TI - How to teach students who don't look like you: culturally relevant teaching strategies SN - 1412924464 (cloth) AV - LC1099.3 .D395 2006 U1 - 370.117 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Corwin Press KW - Culturally relevant pedagogy KW - United States KW - Minorities KW - Education KW - School environment KW - Cultural pluralism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-154) and index; Our culture : the way we view the world -- Understanding diverse learners -- What we know about the achievement gap -- Reflecting on the educator self -- Exploring our racial identity -- A day in the life -- Building community through research-based learning expectations -- Creating a school culture that welcomes diverse learners -- Using books to support school and community partnerships -- Cultivating relationships with diverse learners -- Reaching diverse learners through strategic instruction -- Inspiring diverse learners to love reading and writing -- Improving reading skills : reading aloud -- Building a balanced literacy classroom : reading and writing workshops -- Differentiating instruction -- Multidisciplinary experiences -- Sponsoring student academic support groups N2 - "The children in America's classrooms are changing in complexion and complexity, making teaching students with diverse backgrounds one of the greatest challenges you'll face. Administrators are also under pressure to "close the achievement gap" between White and Asian students and their racial and ethnically diverse counterparts. So how do you make sure all of your students learn, when nearly 40% of U.S. citizens are racial or ethnic minorities, who may "see" the world through a completely different cultural "lens" than you do? This reflective workbook for reaching and teaching students of varied backgrounds offers successful strategies for all subjects and grade levels. Using this practical handbook, you will learn: how to first recognize one's own culture to understand needs of diverse learners, how to examine racism and its impact, strategies for establishing a school climate for teaching diverse learners, and research-based instructional strategies to implement across the disciplines. Using her expertise and success in training hundreds of teachers, Bonnie Davis created this interactive workbook to help new and experienced teachers find better ways of teaching their students"--Publisher's description UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005019388.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2005019388-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2005019388-b.html ER -