1 option
Urban teaching in America : theory, research, and practice in K-12 classrooms / by Andrea J. Stairs, Kelly A. Donnell, Alyssa Hadley Dunn.
LIBRA LC5119.8 .S83 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stairs, Andrea J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Urban--Research--United States.
- Education, Urban.
- Education, Urban--Research.
- Urban schools.
- United States.
- Teachers--Training of--United States.
- Teachers.
- Teachers--Training of.
- Urban schools--United States.
- Teaching--Social aspects--United States.
- Teaching.
- Teaching--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 247 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, Inc, 2012.
- Summary:
- "Urban Teaching in America: Theory, Research, and Practice in K-12 Classrooms is a brief but comprehensive text that provides undergraduate and graduate students in Education with an overview of urban teaching. The book synthesizes the work of urban education theorists, researchers, and practitioners into one place. Organized around eight authentic questions, the book offers preservice and inservice teachers opportunities for critical reflection and problem-posing not often seen in comparable course texts. This text supports faculty who are looking for increasingly creative approaches to exploring key educational issues with their students"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction Chapter 1: Building Upon Student Resources and Attributes Chapter 2: Creating Positive Learning Environments Chapter 3: Using Culturally Responsive Pedagogy to Improve Teaching and Learning Chapter 4: Supporting English Language Learners Chapter 5: Taking an Inquiry Stance on Teaching Chapter 6: Teaching to the Standards Without Standardizing the Curriculum Chapter 7: Working Within and Around Urban School Bureaucracy Chapter 8: Promoting Social Justice and Equity in Urban Teaching .
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1412980607
- 9781412980609
- OCLC:
- 706020667
- Publisher Number:
- 99946431886
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.