What every teacher should know about diverse learners. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Donna Walker Tileston.
• Other Names: Tileston, Donna Walker
• Contents: Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; Vocabulary Pretest; 1. Influences; A Few Definitions to Consider; Back to the Future; What Are the Issues Now?; 2. How Are We Diverse?; Why Is It Important to Examine Differences?; Cultural Diversity; Diversity of Modalities; Diversity of Socioeconomic Status; Diversity of Race/Ethnicity; 3. Recognizing the Signs of Bias; Linguistic Bias; Stereotyping; Exclusion; Unreality; Selectivity; Isolation; 4. The Road to Closing the Achievement Gap; The Urban Achievement Gap: Fact Versus Fiction; What Can Teachers Do?; 5. Which Teaching and Learning Strategies Make the Most Difference in Closing the Gap?; What Is a Best Practice?; High Expectations: Why They Matter; The Role of the Self-System in Learning; We Have Their Attention--Now What?; General Ideas for Cognition; Some Additional Thoughts; How Do We Deal With Language Acquisition Skills?; 6. Working With Diversity: A Teacher?s Checklist; Vocabulary Summary; Vocabulary Posttest; References; Index
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (120 pages)
• Subjects: 370.117; Multicultural education -- United States -- History; Minorities -- Education -- United States -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452296241; 1452296243
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.