| Teach! Change! Empower!: Solutions for Closing the Achievement Gaps Contributor(s): Grant, Carl A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412976499 ISBN-13: 9781412976497 Publisher: Corwin Publishers OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: Carl Grant, a leading authority on multicultural education, offers a constructive action plan to help teachers affirm and support their students' diverse individual and group identities while simultaneously developing pedagogies that will enable them to close the achievement gap. Teach! Change! Empower! introduces a step-by-step change process-from acknowledging the need for change to implementation of change-and presents a model for creating schools that are: Places where students can have significant achievementsCulturally relevant environments for studentsPlaces where power is used to promote caring communities |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education | Multicultural Education - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General |
| Dewey: 371.102 |
| LCCN: 2009023354 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (0.70 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Change your practices to close achievement gaps! Develop action plans for promoting culturally relevant curriculum and environments, social-political consciousness, and student involvement. |
Contributor Bio(s): Grant, Carl A.: - Carl A. Grant is Hoefs-Bascom Professor of teacher education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. His work for more than thirty years has been with teachers and administrators who commit to improve students' achievement, enrich their knowledge and skill set in multicultural social justice, culturally responsive curriculum development, and teaching. He has written several books and many articles for teachers that address student achievement, curriculum development, teaching strategies, and parent-teacher engagement. |
