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Brooklyn Dreams: My Life in Public Education
Sonia Nieto
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Description for Brooklyn Dreams: My Life in Public Education
One of the leading authors and teachers in the field of multicultural education, Sonia Nieto looks back on her formative experiences as a student, activist, and educator, and shows how they reflect and illuminate the themes of her life's work. Brooklyn Dreams is an intimate account of an educator's life lived with zest, generosity, and warmth. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
In Brooklyn Dreams, Sonia Nieto—one of the leading authors and teachers in the field of multicultural education—looks back on her formative experiences as a student, activist, and educator, and shows how they reflect and illuminate the themes of her life’s work.
Nieto offers a poignant account of her childhood and the complexities of navigating the boundaries between the rich culture of her working-class Puerto Rican family and the world of school. Brooklyn Dreams also chronicles her experiences as a fledgling teacher at the first bilingual public school in New York City—in the midst of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville strike—and the ... Read more
In Brooklyn Dreams, Sonia Nieto—one of the leading authors and teachers in the field of multicultural education—looks back on her formative experiences as a student, activist, and educator, and shows how they reflect and illuminate the themes of her life’s work.
Nieto offers a poignant account of her childhood and the complexities of navigating the boundaries between the rich culture of her working-class Puerto Rican family and the world of school. Brooklyn Dreams also chronicles her experiences as a fledgling teacher at the first bilingual public school in New York City—in the midst of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville strike—and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard Education Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9781612508573
SKU
V9781612508573
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About Sonia Nieto
Sonia Nieto is a professor emerita of language, literacy, and culture at the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. In 2014, she received the Medal for Distinguished Service, the highest honor given by TeachersCollege at Columbia University.
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