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Understanding poverty in the classroom : changing perceptions for student success / Beth Lindsay Templeton.
Van Pelt Library LB1062.6 .T46 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Templeton, Beth Lindsay, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- United States.
- School improvement programs--United States.
- School improvement programs.
- Poor children--Education--United States.
- Poor children.
- Poor children--Education.
- Minorities--Education--United States.
- Minorities.
- Minorities--Education.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 137 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2011]
- Summary:
- People who live in poverty view life differently than those who have adequate basic resources. Many educators tend to see the world through a middle class worldview and therefore misinterpret behavior and ascribe negative connotations to their students' actions. Although most teachers have a passion for education, their own life experiences can limit how they relate to the challenges some of their students face daily. This resource provides interactive exercises to increase learning and specific tools to improve the educational process for teachers, students, and parents. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Understanding Poverty
- 1 Defining the Well-Being of a Child 3
- 2 Poverty in Our Midst 9
- 3 Seeing with Other Eyes 21
- 4 Becoming Aware of Assumptions 35
- 5 Deepening Our Understanding 39
- Part II Helping Students who Live in Poverty
- 6 Grasping the Effects of Poverty on Teaching and Learning 53
- 7 Facing More Challenges 67
- 8 And Then There Are the Parents 89
- Part III Success is Possible
- 9 Learning from Others' Success 103
- 10 Conclusion I 19.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1610483642
- 9781610483636
- 1610483634
- 9781610483643
- 9781610483650
- 1610483650
- OCLC:
- 698327960
- Publisher Number:
- 99944055989
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