Urban Teaching in America: Theory, Research, and Practice in K-12 Classrooms is a brief yet comprehensive overview of urban teaching. Undergraduate and graduate students who are new to the urban context will develop a deeper understanding of the urban teaching environment and the challenges and opportunities they can expect to face while teaching in it. The authors have combined the work of urban education theorists, researchers, and practitioners to demonstrate that urban students bring many resources to their learning environment and can often serve as educators to the teachers themselves. Readers will feel prepared to challenge, rather than maintain, the status quo after reading this book.
Table of Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Building Upon Student Resources and Attributes
Chapter 2: Creating Positive Learning Environments
Chapter 3: Using Culturally Responsive Pedagogy to Improve Teaching and Learning
Chapter 4: Supporting English Language Learners
Chapter 5: Taking an Inquiry Stance on Teaching
Chapter 6: Teaching to the Standards Without Standardizing the Curriculum
Chapter 7: Working Within and Around Urban School Bureaucracy
Chapter 8: Promoting Social Justice and Equity in Urban Teaching
About the author
Alyssa Hadley Dunn, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of teacher education at Michigan State University. A former high school English teacher, she received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Emory University and previously worked as an assistant professor at Georgia State University. Her research and teaching interests include urban teacher education and support and the sociocultural and political contexts of urban schools. In addition to multiple journal articles, Dr. Dunn is the author of two books: Teachers Without Borders?: The Hidden Consequences of International Teachers in U.S. Schools (2013, Teachers College Press) and Urban Teaching in America: Theory, Research, and Practice in K-12 Classrooms (2011, Sage Publications, with Stairs and Donnell).
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