Diversity Training for Classroom Teaching A Manual for Students and Educators / by Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers.

As America’s classrooms become more demographically diverse, educators must learn how to respond to the different needs and cultural styles of children who represent such diversity. Diversity Training for Classroom Teaching is a resource guide geared to help educators create classroom communities th...

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Main Author: Clauss-Ehlers, Caroline S. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foundations
  • Introduction: How to Use this Manual
  • How Do We Understand Difference?
  • Dimensions of Difference: Culture, Socioeconomic Status, Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Parental Partnership
  • Cultural Values and Worldview
  • Socioeconomic Status
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Language in the Classroom
  • Working with Diverse Families: Parental Partnership in Education
  • Dimensions of Difference: Gender
  • Gender
  • Sexual Orientation and Youth
  • Other Challenges to Diversity
  • Bullying in Schools
  • Creating Community through Classroom Management
  • Child Abuse and Resilience
  • Understanding Exceptional Microcultures
  • Exceptional Microcultures: Dealing with Trauma
  • Exceptional Microcultures: Youth with Emotional Disturbance-Childhood Depression, Eating Disorders
  • Exceptional Microcultures: How to Make a Referral
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion: The Multicultural Educator.