Culturally proficient education : an asset-based response to conditions of poverty /

Develop culturally proficient policies and practices that create opportunities for students of poverty! Countering the perspective that students from poverty come to school with deficits that prevent them from learning, this resource offers educators the knowledge and skills to maximize educational...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Lindsey, Randall B. (Author), Karns, Michelle (Author), Myatt, Keith (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications Inc. US, [2010]
Subjects:
Children with social disabilities > Education.
Poor > Education.
Educational equalization.
Enfants socialement défavorisés > Éducation.
Pauvres > Éducation.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Children with social disabilities > Education
Educational equalization
Poor > Education
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Dennis Parker; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Part I. Why Poverty and Cultural Proficiency?; Introduction; 1. Asset-Based Approaches to Students From Low Income or Impoverished Communities; 2. The Middle Class School in Communities of Poverty; 3. The Cultural Proficiency Tools Build on Assets; Part II. Pro-social School Applications; 4. Culturally Proficient Pedagogy; 5. Culturally Proficient Leadership Support for Instruction; 6. Policy Development to Ensure and Support Teaching and Learning; Part III. A Call to Action; 7. A Call to Action: The Time Is Now; Appendix A: Cultural Proficiency Conceptual Framework; Appendix B: State Teachers' Association Retreat Script; Appendix C: Taniko's Poem; Appendix D: How to Use Cultural Proficiency Books; References; Index.

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