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The Dreamkeepers Successful Teachers of African American Children

ISBN: 9780470408155 | 0470408154
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date: 3/30/2009

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
The DreamkeepersIn the second edition of her critically acclaimed book The Dreamkeepers, Gloria Ladson'Billings revisits the?eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching.?She shows that culturally relevant teaching is not a matter of?race, gender, or teaching style.?What matters most is a teacher's efforts to?work with the unique?strengths a child brings to the classroom. A brilliant mixture of scholarship and storytelling, The Dreamkeepers challenges us to en... MORE
Foreword to the New Editionp. vii
Prefacep. xv
The Authorp. xxi
A Dream Deferredp. 1
Does Culture Matter?p. 17
Seeing Color, Seeing Culturep. 33
We Are Familyp. 59
The Tree of Knowledgep. 85
Culturally Relevant Teachingp. 111
Making Dreams into Realityp. 139
Afterword... MORE
Methodologyp. 179
Contextp. 193
Notesp. 203
Indexp. 217
Discussion Questionsp. 221
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Gloria Ladson-Billings is the Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.?Previously, she?served on the faculty of Santa Clara University and?worked as a teacher and consultant in the Phila-delphia public school sys--tem.?She?is the former president of the?American Educational Research Association, and was?elected to the National Academy of Education. Dr. Ladson-Billings?is the author and editor of numerous articles and books, including The?Dreamkeepers, Crossing Over to Canaan, and Beyond the Big House.



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