| The Biracial and Multiracial Student Experience: A Journey to Racial Literacy Contributor(s): Davis, Bonnie M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1412975050 ISBN-13: 9781412975056 Publisher: Corwin Publishers OUR PRICE: $75.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: This book was written to help teachers improve their classroom instruction to better meet the needs of their biracial and multiracial students. The author provides teachers with a guide to gaining the racial literacy that is required to connect with and teach this growing population of students. Through the use of compelling student and teacher narratives, The Biracial and Multiracial Student Experience helps give voice to a segment of our population that is frequently mislabeled and misunderstood. Readers will encounter a range of strategies and practical information that can be used across grade levels and settings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Multicultural Education - Education | Student Life & Student Affairs |
| Dewey: 371.829 |
| LCCN: 2009010946 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7" W x 10" (1.36 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What does it mean to be in between? As more biracial and multiracial students enter the classroom, educators have begun to critically examine the concept of race. Through compelling narratives, best-selling author Bonnie M. Davis gives voice to a frequently mislabeled and misunderstood segment of the population. Filled with research-based instructional strategies and reflective questions, this book supports readers in examining:
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Contributor Bio(s): Davis, Bonnie M.: - Consulting Description Bonnie M. Davis, PhD, is a veteran teacher of more than forty years who is passionate about education. She taught in middle schools, high schools, universities, homeless shelters, and a men's prison. She holds a doctorate in English from St. Louis University and is the recipient of numerous awards, including Teacher of the Year in two public school districts, the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Anti-Defamation League's World of Difference Community Service Award. She has presented at numerous national conferences and currently works in school districts across the country. Dr. Davis' work centers on examining what "we don't know we don't know" about ourselves in order to more effectively teach students who don't look like us. Moving from self reflection to action, her books offer educators culturally responsive, standards-based instructional strategies that bridge culture, language, race, and ethnicity. Dr. Davis's publications include the How to Teach Students Who Don't Look Like You: Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies(2012);How to Coach Teachers Who Don't Think Like You: Using Literacy Strategies to Coach Across Content Areas (2007); The Biracial and Multiracial Student Experience: A Journey to Racial Literacy(2009); and Creating Culturally Considerate Schools: Educating Without Bias (2012) with coauthor Kim L. Anderson. She is currently working on the Equity 101 Series with Curtin Linton, Executive Vice President of School Improvement Network. |