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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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Lindsey, Randall B. (Auteur), Karns, Michelle (Auteur), Myatt, Keith (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications Inc. US, [2010]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.