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“kathy short”

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  • Teaching Globally

    Reading the World through Literature

    by Kathy Short, Deanna Day, Jean Schroeder ...
    With the world visibly present in students' lives through technology, mass and social medias, economic interdependency, and global mobility, it is more important than ever to develop curriculum that is intercultural. In Teaching Globally: Reading the World Through Literature, a community of educators show us how to use global children's literature to help students explore their own cultural ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Critical Content Analysis of Visual Images in Books for Young People

    Reading Images

    Edited by Holly Johnson, Janelle Mathis, Kathy Short ...
    Extending the discussion of critical content analysis to the visual realm of picturebooks and graphic novels, this book provides a clear research methodology for understanding and analyzing visual imagery. Offering strategies for "reading" illustrations in global and multicultural literature, chapter authors explore and bring together critical theory and social semiotics while demonstrating how ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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    Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World

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  • Adolescents at School, Third Edition

    Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education

    Edited by Michael Sadowski ...
    Series series Youth Development and Education Series
    Adolescents at School brings together the perspectives of scholars, educators, and researchers to address the many issues that affect adolescents’ emerging identities, especially in relation to students’ experience of and engagement with school. The book offers current and preservice teachers a practical understanding of the concept of identity development, particularly as impacted by such factors ... Read more

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  • Roots and Wings

    Affirming Culture and Preventing Bias in Early Childhood

    by Stacey York ...
    Use the updated activities, examples, and research to improve your anti-bias and multicultural education programs. This clear and practical guide includes expanded information on English language learners, family engagement, culturally responsive teaching, and staff training.Stacey York teaches child development at Rochester Community and Technical College and established E-LECT, a collaborative ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Creating Critical Classrooms

    Reading and Writing with an Edge

    by Mitzi Lewison, Christine Leland, Jerome C. Harste ...
    This popular text articulates a powerful theory of critical literacy—in all its complexity. Critical literacy practices encourage students to use language to question the everyday world, interrogate the relationship between language and power, analyze popular culture and media, understand how power relationships are socially constructed, and consider actions that can be taken to promote social ... Read more

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  • Academic Profiling

    Latinos, Asian Americans, and the Achievement Gap

    by Gilda L. Ochoa ...
    Today the achievement gap is hotly debated among pundits, politicians, and educators. In particular this conversation often focuses on the two fastest-growing demographic groups in the United States: Asian Americans and Latinos. In Academic Profiling, Gilda L. Ochoa addresses this so-called gap by going directly to the source. At one California public high school where the controversy is lived ... Read more

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  • Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society

    Learning From and With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families

    Edited by Maria Luiza Dantas, Patrick C. Manyak ...
    Series series Language, Culture, and Teaching Series
    Educators everywhere confront critical issues related to families, schooling, and teaching in diverse settings. Directly addressing this reality, Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society shows pre-service and practicing teachers how to recognize and build on the rich resources for enhancing school learning that exist within culturally and linguistically diverse families.Combining ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • The Chicana Motherwork Anthology

    Edited by Cecilia Caballero, Yvette Martínez-Vu, Judith Pérez-Torres, Michelle Téllez, Christine X Vega ...
    Series series The Feminist Wire Books
    The Chicana M(other)work Anthology weaves together emerging scholarship and testimonios by and about self-identified Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars, activists, and allies who center mothering as transformative labor through an intersectional lens. Contributors provide narratives that make feminized labor visible and that prioritize collective action and holistic healing for mother ... Read more

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  • Culturally Responsive Conversations

    Connecting with Your Diverse School Community

    by Marina Minhwa Lee, Seth Leighton ...
    A strategic handbook for educators and administrators serving increasingly multicultural classroomsIn Culturally Responsive Conversations, longtime cultural inclusion educators Marina Lee and Seth Leighton deliver an eye-opening discussion of how to develop better relationships and improve learning outcomes in a student body that’s growing increasingly culturally diverse.In the book, readers will ... Read more

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    Developing Cultural Competence to Foster Latino Student Success

    by Tammy Oberg De La Garza, Alyson Leah Lavigne ...
    Cultural competence is a critical skill teachers must posses if they are going to connect with racially diverse students. Misunderstanding or ignorance of the Latino value system, history, and culture create barriers between teachers and students that significantly deteriorate their potential for learning. Consider how you would typically greet a friend or a relative. Perhaps you would shake hands ... Read more

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  • Many Books, Many Stories

    Using Children’s and Young Adult Literature to Open Classroom Conversations

    Edited by Kathleen Olmstead, Serena Troiani ...
    Many Books, Many Stories aims to provide both the rationale for engaging in work with inclusive children’s and young adult literature and the resources necessary for teachers, counselors, librarians and school administration to incorporate diverse literature into the classroom or into school-wide contexts. The authors provide multiple perspectives and examples of texts that open conversations ... Read more

    $36.89 USD