Early Childhood Literacy Teachers in High Poverty Schools (eBook)

A Study of Courage and Caring

Melissa Landa (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
144 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5588-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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Much has been written about the failure of White American public school teachers to effectively teach low-income children of color to read and write. Scholars have offered numerous explanations for this failure, including the reluctance of teacher preparation programs to address cultural competence and the lack of cultural diversity among teacher educators. In response to reported failures such as high attrition rates of novice teachers and low test scores, American public schools are being subjected to increased standardization of the curriculum and high stakes testing. This book provides rich illustrations of White early literacy teachers who choose to remain in low-income school communities, where they effectively and passionately embrace their students, families, and communities. Blending the teachers' successful practices, shown in in-depth interviews excavating their identities and life experiences, with theoretical frameworks about teaching and learning, Early Childhood Literacy Teachers in High Poverty Schools: A Study of Boundary Crossing discusses the responsibility of public educators to cross geographical, economic, and political divisions on behalf of their students, and offers strategies for teacher educators to equip future teachers for these tasks.

Autor

Melissa Landa is assistant clinical professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy, and Leadership at the University of Maryland.

Inhalt

Walking Through The Chapters Whose Voices Do We Hear?Courageous Singing of The Words and of the World: Critical LiteracyConnecting the StrandsSeamless GatheringThe Call to Teach: The Threads of Passion Identities: Single Threads or Embroidered DesignsShould Color be Primary?When Colors ClashWeaving a New Cloth CHAPTER FOUR: Stepping Over Boundaries Teachers Crossing Borders Collaborating with Allies Beyond Classroom BoundariesCommunity Gatherings Within Classroom BoundariesNeighborhood DivisionsHidden Pockets of PovertyBeyond the BoundariesInvitations From Across the BorderCrossing the Boundary of Traditional CurriculumSeeking Ways to CelebrateImagination as their GuideHonoring Every SojournerJourney Toward JusticeConnecting Separate WorldsBuilding BridgesScaffoldsBreaking Barriers and Standing StrongKnocking Down WallsFollowing the Equity TrailCHAPTER FIVE: Following The Equity Trail: A Kaleidoscope Of Learning Bringing it all into FocusPieces of the PicturePieces of IdentityMagnificent MosaicsColorful PastsCapturing an ImageForming New ConstellationsCreating Literary ConfigurationsChoosing our Patterns of TeachingGiving Shape to Invisible BordersImagining Future PiecesA Final FocusREFERENCES ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Vorschule / Kita
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
• Schlagworte: Cultural Competence • Early childhood education • Elementary education • Immigrant Communities • Literacy • Sociology • Teacher Education
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5588-8 / 1498555888
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5588-3 / 9781498555883