Culturally Responsive Standards-Based Teaching Classroom To Community And Back, Paperback

Culturally Responsive Standards-Based Teaching Classroom To Community And Back, Paperback Description

Teaching children from diverse backgrounds begins with simple questions: What is my culture? What are my students' cultures? How does culture affect how I teach and how my students learn? Can I learn to value and honor the unique experiences and cultures of my students? These are essential questions for educators with a sincere desire to help all students succeed. This comprehensive guide provides detailed examples that show why and how to create culturally responsive, standards-based (CRSB) instruction in the classroom, schoolwide, and at the district level. Results of effective programs include

• Increased academic success for all learners
• Engaged and motivated students
• Development of critical thinking skills necessary for higher learning
• Strengthened partnerships between students, families, and communities

This new edition is enhanced with nationwide examples, up-to-date resources, and tools that can be implemented immediately. Principals, administrators, K-12 teachers, curriculum and staff developers, and college instructors will find this handbook a valuable and powerful tool for promoting student engagement and improving struggling schools.Features

• Title - Culturally Responsive Standards-based Teaching
• Sub Title - Classroom to Community and Back
• Authored - Steffen Saifer
• Primary Author Affiliation - Education Northwest
• Other Authors - Keisha Edwards
• Binding - Paperback
• Pages - 248
• Publication Date - 22-Nov-10
• Edition No - Second Edition
• Primary Subject Code - Cultural Competence - C46
• Item Weight - 23 oz.
• Copy Right Year - 2011

About the Author

Steffen Saifer has served as director of the Child and Family Program at Education Northwest since 2000 and as an adjunct faculty member at Portland State University since 1996, where he has taught graduate courses in education. His areas of work and expertise include cultural-historical activity theory, the role of play in human development, and school-family partnerships. Saifer has worked extensively in Russia and Eastern Europe, assisting in education curricula reform. He helped implement a graduate program in early childhood development at BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh (co-funded by the Open Society Foundation). He is the author or co-author of numerous publications including Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem: The Early Childhood Teacher's Manual (2003, Redleaf Press), and Education and the Culture of Democracy: Early Childhood Practice (1996, Open Society Institute).