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The light in their eyes : creating multicultural learning communities / Sonia Nieto.
Van Pelt Library LC1099.3 .N553 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nieto, Sonia.
- Series:
- Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.)
- Multicultural education series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multicultural education--United States.
- Multicultural education.
- United States.
- Children of minorities--Education--United States.
- Children of minorities.
- Children of minorities--Education.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 256 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Tenth anniversary edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2010]
- Summary:
- Reviews where we have been and where we should be going in our pursuit of creating multicultural learning communities in our schools and addresses some of the changes we have experienced during the past decade that help explain the current sociopolitical environment--our increasing diversity, the altering conditions in schools and in society, the influence of poverty on learning, and the impact of NCLB on classrooms and schools.
- Contents:
- Learning, the social context, and multicultural education
- Learning and inequality
- Culture and learning
- Who does the accommodating? Institutional transformation to promote learning
- Critical pedagogy, empowerment, and learning
- The personal and collective transformation of teachers
- Creating learning communities : implications for multicultural education.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807750544
- 0807750549
- OCLC:
- 436387145
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