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Crossing over to Canaan : the journey of new teachers in diverse classrooms / Gloria Ladson-Billings. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jossey-Bass education seriesPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, (c)2001.Edition: first editionDescription: xviii, 172 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780787950019
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • LC2717.L157.C767 2001
  • LC2717
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Contents:
Acknowledgements -- The author -- Introduction -- Can anybody teach these children? -- Sojourners -- They're supposed to learn something -- Nobody wants to be Urkel -- Apathy is not an option -- A vision of the Promised Land -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: The teach for diversity program -- Notes -- Index.
Review: "Crossing Over to Canaan tells the story of eight novice teachers working in urban, elementary school settings. It details their struggles and triumphs as they confront challenges in the classroom and respond with innovative strategies that turn cultural strengths into academic assets. Gloria Ladson-Billings offers a model of teaching that focuses on academic achievement, cultural competence, and socio-political consciousness."Summary: "Drawing from her own experiences as a young African-American teacher working in Philadelphia, she successfully weaves together narrative, observation, and scholarship to create an inspirational and practical book that will help teachers everywhere as they work to transcend labels and categories to support excellence among all students."--Jacket.
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Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The author -- Introduction -- Can anybody teach these children? -- Sojourners -- They're supposed to learn something -- Nobody wants to be Urkel -- Apathy is not an option -- A vision of the Promised Land -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: The teach for diversity program -- Notes -- Index.

"Crossing Over to Canaan tells the story of eight novice teachers working in urban, elementary school settings. It details their struggles and triumphs as they confront challenges in the classroom and respond with innovative strategies that turn cultural strengths into academic assets. Gloria Ladson-Billings offers a model of teaching that focuses on academic achievement, cultural competence, and socio-political consciousness."

"Drawing from her own experiences as a young African-American teacher working in Philadelphia, she successfully weaves together narrative, observation, and scholarship to create an inspirational and practical book that will help teachers everywhere as they work to transcend labels and categories to support excellence among all students."--Jacket.

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