Overview

With its concrete cases, the fourth edition of this casebook again focuses on the wealth of multicultural and diversity issues faced by today's teachers. Its authentic cases offer opportunities for analysis on several levels and are sufficiently complex so as to invite multiple interpretations. The cases involve classroom issues that are relevant to all grade levels and all content areas, allowing instructors significant flexibility in theiruse.

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Author:   George Redman ,  Angela Redman
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   4th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 1.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 1.00cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780137061280

ISBN 10:   0137061285
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   26 May 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction  Readings for Extending Thinking  Internet Sites for Extending Thinking    Chapter 2: Gender  Case 1: Reinforcement of Student Work  Case 2: Fridays Are Video Days  Case 3: Developing Skills of Critical Analysis: Exposing the Myths of Films and Fairy Tales  Case 4: Integrating Women’s Issues into Curriculum  Design Your Own Case: Gender  Readings for Extending Thinking  Internet Sites for Extending Thinking    Chapter 3: Ethnicity  Case 5: Let’s All Make Up the Rules for Our Classroom Case 6: A Lesson on Cultural Celebrations of Thanksgiving  Case 7: A Teacher’s Answer To: ”When Will I Ever Use This?” Case 8: Encountering Art That Contains Stereotypes: Case 9: Presidents, Leaders, and Cultures  Design Your Own Case: Ethnicity  Readings for Extending Thinking  Internet Sites for Extending Thinking    Chapter 4: Race  Case 10: The Knowledge Base on Diversity: An Aid for Teachers  Case 11: Students Right an Injustice: A Lesson in Social Justice  Case 12: Use of the N-Word in the Classroom  Case 13: Hey, Teach–You Trippin’ on Me, but Not on the White Kids!  Case 14: A Lesson on Oppression and Whiteness  Design Your Own Case: Race  Readings for Extending Thinking  Internet Sites for Extending Thinking    Chapter 5: Socioeconomic Status  Case 15: A New Student and a Lesson for the Teacher  Case 16: Gangs and the Victims of Violence– Writing as a Therapy  Case 17: How Should I Grade Danielle?  Case 18: Rewarding Respectful Behavior  Design Your Own Case: Socioeconomic Status  Readings for Extending Thinking  Internet Sites for Extending Thinking    Chapter 6: Religion  Case 19: Isn’t the Christmas Tree a Christian Symbol?  Case 20: My Persuasive Essay Is “Why We Should Follow Jesus”  Case 21: Planning for Religious Diversity: Special Needs of Muslim Students  Case 22. Faith-Based Teasing, Student Curiosity, and the Question of Infusing Religion Into the Curriculum Design Your Own Case: Religion  Readings for Extending Thinking  Internet Sites for Extending Thinking    Chapter 7: Special Needs  Case 23: We Only Meant It as a Joke  Case 24: Structuring for Success in a Mainstreamed Classroom  Case 25: Inaccessibility of Web Sites to Students Who Are Blind  Case 26. Modifications for Special Students: Autism Spectrum Disorder Design Your Own Case: Special Needs  Readings for Extending Thinking  Internet Sites for Extending Thinking    Chapter 8: Sexual Orientation  Case 27: Not in My Group–He’s Gay!  Case 28: In Islam, Homosexuality Is a Sin and a Crime  Case 29: “Lesbian!”: Dealing with the Interaction of Sexuality, Special Needs, and Culture  Case 30: A Paperwork Problem: A Transgendered Student Teaches About Gender Identity Design Your Own Case: Sexual Orientation  Readings for Extending Thinking  Internet Sites for Extending Thinking   Chapter 9: Language  Case 31: You’ll Need Both Black Vernacular and Standard English  Case 32: They Speak English and Spanish Well, but a Learning Disability Creates Problems in Reading and Writing  Case 33: A Bilingual Teacher’s Aide Assesses His New School  Case 34: Computers and Culturally Diverse Learners  Design Your Own Case: Language  Readings for Extending Thinking  Internet Sites for Extending Thinking    Chapter 10: Ageism  Case 35: Age as a Factor in Bullying and “Cyberbullying”  Case 36: The Wages We Will Get as Adults Will Pay for the Elderly? What’s Up with That?  Case 37: You’re Teaching Our Kids to Disrespect the Elderly?  Case 38: Age-Related Cultural Needs of Children and Youth  Design Your Own Case: Ageism  Readings for Extending Thinking  Internet Sites for Extending Thinking   Resource A: Creating Additional Context for a Given Case  Resource B: Banks’s Approaches for the Integration of Multicultural Content  Resource C: Design Your Own Case  Resource D: Bibliography of Multicultural Children’s Literature  Resource E: Sample Rubrics for Assessing Student Responses to Cases  Bibliography  Glossary   

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Dr. George Redman has taught 10 years at the P-12 level near Los Angeles and in an urban school in Minneapolis, and 32 years in the Hamline University undergraduate teacher education program in St. Paul.  He is author of Teaching in Today's clasrooms: Cases from Elementary School, Teaching in Today's classrooms: Cases from Middle and Secondary Schools, and co-author of Self-Esteem for Tots to Teens. Angela Redman has 10 years of teaching experience at the P-8 level, 5 years of school administrative experience, and holds advanced degrees in special education and curriculum and instruction.

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