Learning to Teach for Social Justice,9780807742082

Learning to Teach for Social Justice

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ISBN13: 9780807742082
ISBN10: 0807742082
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-03-01
Publisher(s): TEACHERS COLLEGE PR
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Summary

In this skillfully crafted and engaging book, a group of student teachers -- led by Linda Darling-Hammond -- share their candid questions, concerns, dilemmas, and lessons learned about how to teach for social justice and social change. This text provides powerful examples of how Darling-Hammond and her students thoughtfully integrated diversity within a teacher education program -- an excellent model for educators who are seeking ways to transform their teacher education programs to better prepare teachers to work effectively in multicultural classrooms.

The honest reflections, case studies, lessons, and projects described offer valuable tools to help teachers:

-- Engage in productive dialogues about both the inequities and the possibilities for social reconstruction within the communities where they will be teaching.

-- Apply the concepts they are learning in a university classroom to teaching for social justice in their own classrooms.

-- Find ways to use their insights about diversity to intervene on behalf of victimized and marginalized students.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Preface: We Wish We Could Teach Like Our Eyes Can See
Learning to Teach for Social Justicep. 1
What Is Diversity?p. 9
What Is Diversity?p. 13
Acknowledging Diversity in the Classroomp. 18
Swimming Against the Mainstream: Examining Cultural Assumptions in the Classroomp. 22
From the Margins to the Center: Reconstructing the Canon in Social Studies Curriculump. 30
Does Who We Are Influence How We Teach?p. 39
Survey Says ...: Can White Teachers Effectively Teach Students of Color?p. 43
Finding Myself in My Students: A Step Toward Transforming Social Dynamics in the Classroomp. 52
Idealism Meets Realityp. 59
The Big Lessonp. 66
Watching Words and Managing Multiple Identitiesp. 71
Whose Rally Comes First?p. 79
Who Are Our Students and What Do They Need?p. 89
Depending on Successp. 93
"I Ain't Doin' That": Why "Doing Good in School" Can Be So Hardp. 103
Navigating a New World: The Development of an Immigrant Student in an American Middle Schoolp. 116
Drop Out or Push Out? Succeeding in Spite of the Systemp. 128
Beyond Cultural Relevancep. 139
What Is the Problem and What Can We Do About It?p. 149
Finding the Right Trackp. 153
To Track or Not to Track: That It Still a Questionp. 163
Unity and Division: Working Through the Issues of Equity in School Reformp. 171
Checking In: Bridging Differences by Building Communityp. 184
Wanted: Teachers with Concienciap. 192
Educating a Profession for Equitable Practicep. 201
Referencesp. 213
About the Editors and Contributorsp. 217
Indexp. 221
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