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Direct linkGehrke, Rebecca Swanson – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2005
Today, one out of four American children attends school in an urban district; one out of every six American children lives in poverty; and, in urban schools where most of the students are poor, two-thirds or more of the children fail to reach even the "basic" level of achievement on national tests. Urban schools are where most states…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Expectations of Students, Educational Change, Poverty
Rodriguez, Alberto J., Ed.; Kitchen, Richard S., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
This book provides a theoretical basis and practical strategies to counter resistance to learning to teach for diversity (in culturally and gender-inclusive ways), and resistance to teaching for understanding (using student-centered and inquiry-based pedagogical approaches). Teacher educators from across the United States present rich narratives…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cultural Pluralism, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Teacher Supervisors
