New Teacher's Performance-Based Guide to Culturally Diverse Classrooms

New Teacher's Performance-Based Guide to Culturally Diverse Classrooms will help new teachers prepare to teach in culturally diverse classrooms in a straightforward, reflective format. The book clearly presents the latest information on teacher effectiveness and providing "culturally responsive instruction" in today's classrooms. Cultural differences influence classroom instruction and the performance of all students. Teachers need to understand diversity and to develop a teaching style that both respects and capitalizes on the strengths of all students. Practical lists are provided throughout the text to demonstrate exactly how teachers can accommodate their teaching styles to meet the diverse learning styles of students who speak a non-standard dialect and those students whose native language is not English. This book is designed for both new teacher education students and those students completing their student teaching experience.

New to this Edition:

• Incorporates new information on language learning from infancy through adulthood, providing readers with a broader scope of knowledge in language learning and the interpreter's role in matching language in the educational setting to the advancing language levels of the consumers (Ch. 3, 4, 5 & 6).
• Provides up-to-date news on technology in the field, including expectations for cochlear implant students of various ages, explanations of how to use assistive technology, and information on how to incorporate technology into one's professional development as an interpreter.
• Includes current information on the status of educational interpreting that provides readers with updates on the state of the nation's educational interpreting in K-12 and in higher education settings and offers insight to the rapid growth of interpreters, particularly at the post-secondary level.
• Encourages a contemporary mindset by providing readers with cases addressing current issues surrounding new technology, new demands on interpreters, and new ethical dilemmas.

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