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Creating a College Culture for Latino Students: Successful Programs, Practices, and Strategies
Contributor(s): Delgado Gaitan, Concha (Author)
ISBN: 1452257701     ISBN-13: 9781452257709
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Multicultural Education
- Education | Higher
- Education | Special Education - General
Dewey: 378.198
LCCN: 2012039613
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (0.65 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
 
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Publisher Description:

Help your Latino students become college-bound!

This groundbreaking book shows how educators can help Latino students overcome the barriers that prevent them from attending college. Delgado Gaitan, an award-winning professor, scholar, and first-generation Latina college graduate, shares winning strategies from the nation's most outstanding college-readiness programs for Latino learners. You′ll find:

  • Guidance on creating a college culture in elementary, middle, and secondary school, both within the classroom and throughout the building
  • Insights on working with families and community organizations to promote Latino students′ school achievement and college goals
  • Best practices for coaching students, including five essentials for college-preparedness

Contributor Bio(s): Delgado Gaitan, Concha: - Concha Delgado Gaitan, PhD, is an award-winning ethnographic researcher and professor of sociocultural studies in education. She received the George and Louise Spindler award for her contributions to the field of Anthropology and Education from the Council of Anthropology and Education of the American Anthropological Association. Her early career as a teacher and school principal informs her later work as a practicing anthropologist in communities and professor at the University of California, Davis. Concha has also worked in the field of public health education in Latino communities, combining that interest with her dedication to issues of social justice and education. She is a national and international speaker as well as a consultant on the numerous topics that inspire her work.

Among her many scholarly publications are her books where she presents her work as an ethnographer working with disenfranchised families and communities toward their empowerment and extending practical lessons to educators: (1) The Power of Community, (2) Protean Literacy, (3) Crossing Cultural Borders, (4) Literacy for Empowerment, (5) School and Society, (6) Involving Latino Families in the School, (7) Building Culturally Responsive Classrooms, and this most current one (8) Creating a College Culture for Latino Students. In a different book, Prickly Cactus, she turns the lenses inward to look at the role of family and community in her life during a time of major health crisis. Concha works and lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband Dudley Thompson. For more information, please go to www.conchadelgadogaitan.com or contact Concha at concha@conchadg.com.