Developing Critical Cultural Competence: A Guide for 21st-Century Educators

Developing Critical Cultural Competence: A Guide for 21st-Century Educators
ISBN-10
1452268851
ISBN-13
9781452268859
Category
Education
Pages
233
Language
English
Published
2011-08-31
Publisher
Corwin Press
Authors
Ye He, Barbara B. Levin, Jewell E. Cooper

Description

Cultural competence is key to improved student achievement This book shows you how to provide professional development for teachers that deepens their cultural understanding. The authors provide activities to help educators translate new knowledge into action with activities that focus on the three inseparable insights required for developing teachers’ critical cultural competency: Understanding themselves Understanding their students Understanding their students’ families and communities Readers have access to a companion website that contains reproducible resource lists and handouts as well as examples that can serve as models for some of the activities.

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