Facilitator's Guide to How to Teach Students Who Don't Look Like You: Culturally Relevant Teaching Strategies - Softcover

Davis, Bonnie M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412968526 ISBN 13: 9781412968522

Publisher: Corwin Press, 2008

Synopsis

Use this step-by-step facilitator’s guide to demonstrate culturally appropriate and research-based teaching strategies that can close the achievement gap for culturally and ethnically diverse students.

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About the Author

Bonnie M. Davis is a veteran teacher of 37 years who is passionate about education. She has taught in middle schools, high schools, universities, homeless shelters, and a men’s prison. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including Teacher of the Year, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Anti-Defamation League’s World of Difference Community Service Award. Davis has presented at numerous national conferences and provides services to schools through her consulting firm, A4Achievement. Her publications include African-American Academic Achievement: Building a Classroom of Excellence and numerous articles on literacy instruction. She received her BS in education, her MA in English, her MAI in communi­cations, and her PhD in English.

Review

..."gives you the opportunity to reflect and respond rather than react." -- NEA Today, May 2006 (05/01/2006)

"Dr Davisb book illustrates the cultural competencies that educators need to understand when trying to reduce the achievement gap." -- Charles Rankin, Director (06/24/2005)

"Dr Davis' book illustrates the cultural competencies that educators need to understand when trying to reduce the achievement gap." -- Charles Rankin, Director (06/24/2005)

"Dr Davis book illustrates the cultural competencies that educators need to understand when trying to reduce the achievement gap." -- Charles Rankin, Director (06/24/2005)

"For many years Davis has masterfully taught students who don't look like her.  This book enables educators to explore her thoughtful pedagogies and emerge with strategies that improve teacher instruction and student performance.  From a courageous teacher of teachers comes the real stuff that shows White teachers, and everyone else for that matter, how to effectively meet the needs of underserved student of color populations.  Thank you Bonnie!" 

., ."gives you the opportunity to reflect and respond rather than react."

"Dr Davis??? book illustrates the cultural competencies that educators need to understand when trying to reduce the achievement gap."

"A provocative book packed with critical questions, arresting ideas, and stimulating discussions to provide the reader practical strategies for culturally-relevant teaching."

"This resource, thoroughly researched yet easily readable, is likely to encourage and inspire teachers. Its practical, concrete approach provides educators with suggestions they can implement immediately so that they begin to see a difference in their students."

"Qatari and Omani, Iraqi and Irani-my students don't look like me. Davis' strategies work not only in American multicultural settings but also in EFL classrooms around the world. She shows teachers how to create a special climate for learning and to enrich their instruction by drawing on the unique cultural backgrounds of their students."

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1412968526
• ISBN 13: 9781412968522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64