This book analyzes white early literacy teachers' experiences in low-income school communities. Through in-depth interviews that excavate the teachers' sense of identity and their life experiences, Landa blends their successful practices with theoretical frameworks about teaching low-income children of color.
This book analyzes white early literacy teachers' experiences in low-income school communities. Through in-depth interviews that excavate the teachers' sense of identity and their life experiences, Landa blends their successful practices with theoretical frameworks about teaching low-income children of color.
Melissa Landa is assistant clinical professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy, and Leadership at the University of Maryland.
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CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: Choices: The Roots of Action Gardens and Deserts: Rich and Poor Behind the Garden Gate: When a Teacher Humiliates Opening the Garden Gate: When Teachers Inspire Stepping Through the Gate: Crossing the Economic Divide Guided By Teachers' Voices Walking Through The Chapters CHAPTER TWO: The Meaning Behind the Teaching Voices in the Classroom Nkosi Sikele iAfrika-When Protest Hymn Becomes National Anthem: Teaching as a Political Act Whose Voices Do We Hear? Children's Cultural and Literary Lives: Variations on a Theme Courageous Singing of The Words and of the World: Critical Literacy Hearing Every Voice: Student Teacher Trust When Preconceptions Meet Pedagogy: Deficit Thinking Voices That Sing Above the Noise: Transformative Teachers CHAPTER THREE: Weaving a Tapestry of Human Identity Connecting the Strands Seamless Gathering The Call to Teach: The Threads of Passion Identities: Single Threads or Embroidered Designs Should Color be Primary? When Colors Clash Weaving a New Cloth CHAPTER FOUR: Stepping Over Boundaries Teachers Crossing Borders Collaborating with Allies Beyond Classroom Boundaries Community Gatherings Within Classroom Boundaries Neighborhood Divisions Hidden Pockets of Poverty Beyond the Boundaries Invitations From Across the Border Crossing the Boundary of Traditional Curriculum Seeking Ways to Celebrate Imagination as their Guide Honoring Every Sojourner Journey Toward Justice Connecting Separate Worlds Building Bridges Scaffolds Breaking Barriers and Standing Strong Knocking Down Walls Following the Equity Trail CHAPTER FIVE: Following The Equity Trail: A Kaleidoscope Of Learning Bringing it all into Focus Pieces of the Picture Pieces of Identity Magnificent Mosaics Colorful Pasts Capturing an Image Forming New Constellations Creating Literary Configurations Choosing our Patterns of Teaching Giving Shape to Invisible Borders Imagining Future Pieces A Final Focus REFERENCES ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: Choices: The Roots of Action Gardens and Deserts: Rich and Poor Behind the Garden Gate: When a Teacher Humiliates Opening the Garden Gate: When Teachers Inspire Stepping Through the Gate: Crossing the Economic Divide Guided By Teachers' Voices Walking Through The Chapters CHAPTER TWO: The Meaning Behind the Teaching Voices in the Classroom Nkosi Sikele iAfrika-When Protest Hymn Becomes National Anthem: Teaching as a Political Act Whose Voices Do We Hear? Children's Cultural and Literary Lives: Variations on a Theme Courageous Singing of The Words and of the World: Critical Literacy Hearing Every Voice: Student Teacher Trust When Preconceptions Meet Pedagogy: Deficit Thinking Voices That Sing Above the Noise: Transformative Teachers CHAPTER THREE: Weaving a Tapestry of Human Identity Connecting the Strands Seamless Gathering The Call to Teach: The Threads of Passion Identities: Single Threads or Embroidered Designs Should Color be Primary? When Colors Clash Weaving a New Cloth CHAPTER FOUR: Stepping Over Boundaries Teachers Crossing Borders Collaborating with Allies Beyond Classroom Boundaries Community Gatherings Within Classroom Boundaries Neighborhood Divisions Hidden Pockets of Poverty Beyond the Boundaries Invitations From Across the Border Crossing the Boundary of Traditional Curriculum Seeking Ways to Celebrate Imagination as their Guide Honoring Every Sojourner Journey Toward Justice Connecting Separate Worlds Building Bridges Scaffolds Breaking Barriers and Standing Strong Knocking Down Walls Following the Equity Trail CHAPTER FIVE: Following The Equity Trail: A Kaleidoscope Of Learning Bringing it all into Focus Pieces of the Picture Pieces of Identity Magnificent Mosaics Colorful Pasts Capturing an Image Forming New Constellations Creating Literary Configurations Choosing our Patterns of Teaching Giving Shape to Invisible Borders Imagining Future Pieces A Final Focus REFERENCES ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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