Light in Their Eyes Creating Multicultural Learning Communities

Name: Light in Their Eyes Creating Multicultural Learning Communities
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ISBN: 9780807750544

ISBN-10: 0807750549

ISBN-13: 9780807750544

Edition: 10th 2010

Authors: Sonia Nieto, James A. Banks

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In the 10th Anniversary Edition of her popular text, Sonia Nieto reviews where we have been and where we should be going in our pursuit of creating multicultural learning communities in our schools. With a new Introductory Chapter and a new Epilogue, nieto addresses some of the changes we have experienced during the past decade that help to explain the current sociopolitical environment - our increasing diversity, the altering conditions in schools and in society, the influence ofperverty on learning, and the impact of NCLB on classrooms and schools.

Book details

List price: $30.95
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 12/19/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Series Foreword


Acknowledgments


The Sociopolitics of Schooling: A Prologue to the 10th Anniversary Edition


Introduction



Learning, the Social Context, and Multicultural Education



Learning and Inequality


Reaction to Ethnic Notions



What Difference Does Difference Make?



Pressures to Conform




Culture and Learning



Who Does the Accommodating? Institutional Transformation to Promote Learning


Start from Where Kids Are At



My Journey



Morning Questions



Pedagogical Strategies as Magical Cures



Being Nice Is Not Enough



Perceptions of the Bilingual Program



Social Class, Language, and Learning



Connecting with Students



Teaching as Love




Critical Pedagogy, Empowerment and Learning


Leaving My World Outside



Letter to Ms. Curry



Looking from the Edge



A Boost of Adrenaline



Differences Matter



Reaction to the Article



A Letter from Kaeli




The Personal and Collective Transformation of Teachers


The Discomfort of My Identity



The Privilege of Speaking, Reading, and Writing the English Language



A Kid from Jersey: White Privilege and "a Little Too Ethnic)"



On Becoming a White Ally



Enriching Differences



Being on the Winning Team



Cultural Knowledge and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy



Mi Semestre de Espaï¿½ol: A Case Study on the Cultural Dimension of Second-Language Acquisition



Being Black and Multicultural



Racism



Why I Went Back to School




Creating Learning Communities: Implications for Multicultural Education


Epilogue


References


Index


About the Author