Embracing Diversity
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Embracing Diversity: Teachers' Everyday Practices in Secondary English Language Arts Classrooms(Visions of Practice Series)

Embracing Diversity: Teachers' Everyday Practices in Secondary English Language Arts Classrooms(Visions of Practice Series)


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Embracing Diversity is about the craft of teaching, with a particular focus on celebrating the myriad of human identities through classic, contemporary, and unconventional texts. Experienced secondary English language arts educators narrate their own experiences and provide insights through reflecting upon aspects of everyday pedagogy. Featuring a rich array of texts designed to be both familiar and unfamiliar to the reader, the authors explore complex issues raised by a diverse body of writers, while simultaneously sharing methods that engage students to think critically. Topics include how students' learning is influenced by their identities; the importance of building relationships; creating a balanced curriculum; developing cultural responsivity and cultural sustainability; confronting (dis)comfort zonesadapting to different educational contexts; and considering how the COVID-19 pandemic changed teaching. This teacher-friendly resource illustrates how reflective practitioners are assisted in their goal of teaching literacy skills while encompassing issues of social justice. Book Features: Multiple examples of classroom activities for the secondary ELA classroom. User-friendly text boxes highlighting points of interest. Questions at the end of each chapter to help readers reflect on their own practices. Detailed appendices featuring recommended books and practical resources.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Sonia Nieto Acknowledgments Introduction Who Is This Book For? Why Did We Write This Book? Theoretical Grounding in Social Justice Why is it Important for Teachers to Critically Reflect? Critical Self-Reflection and Whiteness Structure and Content of Chapters A Note on How We Developed Text 1. Assessing How Students' Identities and Communities Influence Their Learning and Our Teaching Why Contemplating Student Communities and Identities Matter Selected Practices Giving Students the Opportunity to Explain Themselves Reflection and Risk-Taking Summary Questions for Further Reflection 2. Building Relationships Why Relationships Matter Selected Practices Summary Questions for Further Reflection 3. Creating a Balanced Curriculum Why a Balanced Curriculum Matters Coda Summary Questions for Further Reflection 4. Developing Cultural Responsivity and Cultural Sustainability Why Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Pedagogies Matters Selected Practices Summary Questions for Further Reflection 5. Confronting (Dis)comfort Zones Why Confronting (Dis)comfort Matters The Pedagogy of Discomfort and the Importance of (Dis)Comfort Zones Selected Practices Embracing Diversity Reflecting on Morality Summary Questions for Further Reflection 6. Adapting to Different Educational Contexts Why Adapting to Educational Contexts Matters Selected Practices Considerations and Implications for Centering Diversity in Your New Position Summary Questions for Further Reflection 7. Considering What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About Teaching Why Considering What the Pandemic has Taught us About Teaching Matters Some Benefits of Online Teaching Some Cautions About Online Teaching Selected Practices Things We Wonder About Summary Questions 8. Reflecting Upon What Teaching Has Taught Us Endnotes References Index About the Authors

About the Author :
Sarah Bickens is an English teacher at Talent Unlimited High School, New York, NY. Frances Bittman is an English teacher at Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT. David J. Connor is professor emeritus at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Review :
"The authors offer valuable insights into providing a diverse high school English language arts curriculum, building relationships with students, working with colleagues, and other critical aspects that impact teaching. Their book also introduces the extensive literature on culturally responsive teaching strategies. They conclude with a chapter reflecting on what teaching has taught them. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and practitioners."—CHOICE


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780807768440
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 272 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0807768448
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Series Title: Visions of Practice Series
  • Sub Title: Teachers' Everyday Practices in Secondary English Language Arts Classrooms
  • Width: 156 mm


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