Diversity Pedagogy: Examining the Role of Culture in the Teaching-Learning Process

ISBN: 020540555X

Author: Sheets, Rosa

Condition: New

WINNER OF THE NAME 2005 PHILLIP C. CHINN MULTICULTURAL BOOK AWARD!Written by a powerful new voice in the field of multicultural education, Rosa Hernandez Sheets draws from her extensive teaching experience in urban schools to examine the learning issues of diverse student populations from pre-school to high school.The first in its field to demonstrate and explicate the interconnectedness of culture and cognition to the teaching-learning process, Diversity Pedagogy: Examining The Role Of Culture In The Teaching-Learning Process promotes successful services for more students, especially those from underserved communities. This text introduces a new theory-diversity pedagogy-constructs explicit applications to practice by providing examples of real-life classroom situations throughout, ultimately uniting schooling, culture, and psychology.

• Introduces a critically-acclaimed new approach in multicultural education. Focusing on the teaching-learning process, familiarizing teacher candidates with the skills necessary for teaching. | Chapters 11 and 12 demonstrate diversity pedagogy theory in action by examining the social and cultural development and knowledge acquisition of two diverse student populations. | Unites developmental psychology and diversity into a highly readable and user-friendly text. | Operational definitions of key terms and concepts in every chapter offer students positive reinforcement. | Provides actual classroom vignettes and case studies that promote in-class discussion and demonstrate theory in practice. | Encourages practical applications in the classroom of diversity knowledge gained from the text through