Culture or Chaos in the Village

Culture or Chaos in the Village: The Journey to Cultural Fluency seeks to provide a framework for examination of the factors that influence mediation of culture in the minds of teachers. The text moves in a manner that sets the tone for a courageous conversation. It is the intent of this book to facilitate a focused conversation, discussing the factors of race, class, and gender in conjunction with personal and professional belief systems of educators, preservice and inservice.

Autorentext

By Ursula Thomas - Contributions by Karen Harris; Hema Ramanathan; Janet Strickland and Noelle Witherspoon Arnold

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Racial Identity Development: You are Here!
Chapter 2: Mediation framework and teacher education dynamics
Chapter 3: Brown Girl in the Ring
Chapter 4: The Three R's: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic or Race, Relationship, and Reflection
Chapter 5: But They Don't Speak English: Mapping Out How We Teach Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
Chapter 6: The State of School-Based Speech-Language Pathology in Teacher Education:Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Chapter 7: Lead, Follow of Get out of the Way: Cultural Mediation, Social Justice and Educational Leadership
Chapter 8: Are We There Yet? Culture, Communication and Relationship: Making it to the Village
Chapter 9: The Family Reunion: Community and the Journey
Chapter 10: Pardon the Policy: Unpacking the Standards