Achieving against the odds : how academics become teachers of diverse students /

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Compelling essays on non-traditional students written by non-traditional faculty.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Kingston-Mann, Esther, Sieber, R. Timothy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001.
Series:New academy.
Subjects:
University of Massachusetts at Boston.
University of Massachusetts at Boston
Minority college students > Massachusetts > Boston > Case studies.
Multicultural education > Massachusetts > Boston > Case studies.
College environment > Massachusetts > Boston.
Cultural pluralism.
Cultural Diversity
Étudiants issus des minorités > Massachusetts > Boston > Études de cas.
Éducation interculturelle > Massachusetts > Boston > Études de cas.
Milieu universitaire > Massachusetts > Boston.
Diversité culturelle.
EDUCATION > Higher.
EDUCATION > General.
College environment
Cultural pluralism
Minority college students
Multicultural education
Massachusetts > Boston
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, Achieving against the odds / Esther Kingston-Mann and Tim Sieber
  • Coming out and leading out : pedagogy beyond the closet / Kathleen M. Sands
  • Three steps forward, one step back : dilemmas of upward mobility / Esther Kingston-Mann
  • Learning to listen to students and oneself / Tim Sieber
  • Language and cultural capital : reflections of a "junior" professor / Reyes Coll-Tellechea
  • Racial problems in society and in the classroom / Castellano B. Turner
  • Teaching (as) composing / Vivian Zamel
  • Teaching, tenure, and institutional transformation : reflections on race, culture, and resilience at an urban public university / Peter Nien-chu Kiang
  • Teaching American dreams/American realities : students' lives and faculty agendas / Lois Rudnick
  • Teaching, learning, and judging : some reflections on the university and political legitimacy / Winston E. Langley
  • Gender trouble in the gender course : managing and mismanaging conflict in the classroom / Estelle Disch
  • Odd man out / Pancho Savery.

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