Culturally Relevant Teaching

Preparing Teachers to Include All Learners

Edited by Megan Adams, Sanjuana Rodriguez, Kate Zimmer

Publication date:

08 May 2017

Length of book:

128 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

239x158mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781475834789

This edited volume includes chapters covering multiple areas of literacy education: inclusive education, early childhood education, elementary education, middle grades education, and emergent literacy across groups. The purpose of this edited volume is to provide educators and graduate students/scholars in the field of education with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to facilitate student success.

Preface
Megan Adams, Kate Zimmer, and Sanjuana Rodriguez

Part I: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Students with Exceptionalities

1. Enhancing Social Development for Preschool Students with Autism: A Teacher's Guide
Kate Zimmer

2. Mathematics Problem-Solving in Context: Improving Comprehension for Students with Mathematics Difficulty
Melissa Driver

3. Literacy & The Gifted
Joanna Simpson

Part II: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Marginalized Students

4. Culturally Responsible Teaching: An Example and Lessons Learned
Megan Adams

5. Strategies for Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students
Sanjuana Rodriguez

6. Culturally Relevant Teaching: The Impact of Beliefs on Practices
Natasha Thornton
Part III: Bridging Literacy and the Community

7. Summer Bridge Programs to Encourage Literacy Success for All Children
Megan Adams, Kate Zimmer, & Sanjuana Rodriguez

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Index

The authors share from passionate, personal experiences in schools with students and families to offer engaging, research based practices that they have successfully used. This text will be an invaluable resource for new and veteran teachers as our country and teaching contexts continue to shift.