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Culturally proficient learning communities : confronting inequities through collaborative curiosity / Delores B. Lindsey ... [et al.] ; foreword by Shirley M. Hord.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Demographic aspects--United States.
- Education.
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Multicultural education--United States.
- Multicultural education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 148 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Integrating the four Tools of Cultural Proficiency with the Proficient Learning Communities (PLC) framework, this guide provides school leaders with practical strategies for building equity-focused PLCs to help all students achieve. It includes templates, protocols, activities and rubrics for deconstructing student inequalities.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; PART I: Getting Centered; 1 - Getting Centered: The Tools of Cultural Proficiency; 2 - Getting Centered: Our History; 3 - Getting Centered: The Evolution of Learning Communities; PART II: Voices From the Field; 4 - Maple View: Sustaining a Culturally Proficient Learning Community; 5 - Assessing Cultural Knowledge Through Shared Personal Practice; 6 - Valuing Diversity Is a Reflection of Shared Beliefs, Values, and Vision; 7 - Managing the Dynamics of Difference Through Collaboration
- 8 - Adapting to Diversity Through Supportive and Shared Conditions9 - Institutionalizing Cultural Knowledge Through Collective Learning; PART III: Call to Action Disturb the System Through Curiosity and Inquiry; References; Suggested Additional Reading; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781452273006
- 1452273006
- 9781412972277
- 1412972272
- 9781452208459
- 145220845X
- OCLC:
- 808375861
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