Global perspectives on issues and solutions in urban education / edited by Petra A. Robinson, Ayana Allen-Handy, Amber Bryant and Chance W. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robinson, Petra A., editor.

Allen-Handy, Ayana, editor.

Bryant, Amber, editor.

Lewis, Chance W. (Chance Wayne), 1972- editor.

Series:

Contemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement.

Contemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019.

Summary:

"The Urban Education Collaborative at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte hosted its first biennial International Conference on Urban Education (ICUE) in Montego Bay, Jamaica. In 2016, the second hosting of the conference took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico. These solution-focused conferences brought together students, teachers, scholars, public sector and business professionals as well as others from around the world to present their research and best practices on various topics pertaining to urban education. With ICUE's inspiration, this book was a response to the growing need to highlight the multifaceted aspects of urban education particularly focusing on obstacles and barriers common in urban environments around the world (e.g., familial and communal involvement, student academic achievement, teacher preparation and professional development, targeted instructional and disciplinary interventions, opportunity gaps, culturally-relevant and sustaining practices, etc.). Additionally, with this book, we seek to better understand the problems facing urban educators and students and to offer progressive initiatives toward resolutions. This unique compilation of work is organized under four major themes all targeted at critically addressing concerns that may inhibit the success of urban learners and providing solutions that have implications for curriculum design, development, and delivery; teacher preparation and teaching diverse populations; career readiness and employment; and even more nuanced issues related to foster care, undocumented students and mental health, sustainable consumption, childhood marriage, food deserts, and marine life and urban communities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Hip hop music in the classroom: AI? motivational tool for African American student success in schools? / Felicia M. Gangloff-Bailey and Kimberly Edelin Freeman

I code therefore I am: the sociotechnical narrative of AI? coding curriculum in Bangalore / Eric Byker

Students' attitudes, teaching styles and methodologies and the impact they have on students' performance in CSEC geography / Charlene P. Stoddart

Examining culturally relevant pedagogy through intentional internship placements within partnership and PDS schools / Christie Martin and Michele Myers

Using cross-national education study tours to enhance global competent leadership: reframing study tours of urban schools / Veronica Holly, Phillip A. Smith, Sir Alasdair MacDonald, and Andrew Millin

Alternative teacher certification: AI? case study on perceptions of preparedness to teach diverse populations / YaSheka Adams and Petra A. Robinson

White teacher racism: its effects on African Caribbean male students in English secondary schools / Dennis G. Francis

Urban islands: how social capital saves lives / Derrick Robinson

Experience is AI? good teacher: using narratives as an employment intervention / Porscha Jackson

Building and measuring youth career readiness in disadvantaged communities / Tracey Rizzuto, Anne Sang, and Carly Penn

Critical solutions and charting AI? way forward / Paula Barbel

Urban youth/international scholars: critical solutions in support of the UN sustainable development goals / Ayana Allen-Handy, Shawnna Thomas-El, Tahmidul Bhuiyan, Xavier Carroll, Eva Karlen, Isabel Medlock, and Imani Weeks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-64113-540-9