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Becoming Multicultural Educators: Personal Journey Toward Professional Agency
Gay
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Description for Becoming Multicultural Educators: Personal Journey Toward Professional Agency
Hardcover. One of the most daunting tasks facing teachers is learning how to work with students from an astounding variety of ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds. Gathering the stories of fourteen multicultural educators, here, the author shows how to learn this task. Editor(s): Gay, Geneva. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
To help both new and seasoned teachers to become more effective with their students from diverse backgrounds, Becoming Multicultural Educators edited by Geneva Gay, offers fourteen compelling stories from different regions, cultures, ethnic groups, and stages of professional and personal growth in developing multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills. One contributing author declares community participation and social activism are the keys to his professional growth. For another, multicultural understanding comes when she learns to unveil the masks of insidious negative stereotypes. Through these stories, we share their struggles as these educators come to understand diversity among ethnic groups and cultures, resolve ... Read more
To help both new and seasoned teachers to become more effective with their students from diverse backgrounds, Becoming Multicultural Educators edited by Geneva Gay, offers fourteen compelling stories from different regions, cultures, ethnic groups, and stages of professional and personal growth in developing multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills. One contributing author declares community participation and social activism are the keys to his professional growth. For another, multicultural understanding comes when she learns to unveil the masks of insidious negative stereotypes. Through these stories, we share their struggles as these educators come to understand diversity among ethnic groups and cultures, resolve ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787965143
SKU
V9780787965143
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Ref
99-50
About Gay
Geneva Gay is professor of education at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is nationally and internationally known for her scholarship in multicultural education. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including Culturally Responsive Teaching, which received the 2001 Outstanding Writing Award from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE).
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