Teaching with Vision: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Standards-Based Classrooms

by Christine E. Sleeter, Catherine Cornbleth

Overview

In Teaching with Vision, two respected scholars in teaching for social justice have gathered teachers from across the country to describe rich examples of extraordinary practice. This collection showcases the professional experience and wisdom of classroom teachers who have been navigating standards- and test-driven teaching environments in California and New York while maintaining their vision of what teaching can be. Representing diverse backgrounds, schools, grade levels, subject areas, and specialties, these teachers talk personally about their practice, their challenges, and how they learned to maintain a social and pedagogical vision for their work. This book is essential reading for new teachers who are struggling to make their teaching inspiring, creative, and culturally responsive, especially those who are working in less than supportive environments.

This practical resource for pre- and inservice teachers:

• Examines the struggle between grassroots, culturally responsive teaching and a top-down, teach-by-the-numbers approach.
• Shows teachers constructing math curriculum, history units, and writing projects grounded in their students’ lives and the world beyond the classroom.
• Offers both an antidote to standardization and a source of inspiration for public school teachers, teacher educators, students, and parents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807751725
Publisher:	Teachers College Press
Publication date:	02/26/2011
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Christine E. Sleeter is professor emerita at the College of Professional Studies, California State University, Monterey Bay, and president of the National Association for Multicultural Education. Her recent books include Teaching with Vision (edited with Catherine Cornbleth).Catherine Cornbleth is professor at the Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY) . Her books include Diversity and the New Teacher.

Table of Contents

Foreword Bill Bigelow Linda Christensen vii

Introduction 1

Part I Orienting Yourself 11

1 Un/Common Sense for the Prospective Urban Educator Eric Mohammed 15

2 Staying After School Regina Forni 25

Part II Learning From Your Students 35

3 Visionary Teacher/Maestro Visionario Frank DiLeo 37

4 "Hey, the Teacher Said He's a Racist" Mike Roberts 47

Part III Thinking Creatively About Curriculum and Pedagogy 57

5 Teaching Thematically in a Standards Context Katharine Richman 61

6 Navigating Through Pressures to Reach High Academic Standards and Achievement Juanita Perea 73

7 Hooking Students So They Don't Give Up Stephen Stiller 82

Part IV Connecting School and Community 97

8 Teaching Culture to Build Confident Learners Joanne Rickard-Weinholtz 101

9 Community Engagement Inside and Outside the Classroom Gina E. DeShera 114

Part V Supporting Visionary Teachers 125

10 Abriendo Caminos: A Professional Learning Community for Teachers Janet Rachel Johns 129

11 The power of Networking: Teachers Advocating for Change Educators Advocating for Students 142

References 155

Index 161

About the Editors 168

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This work is culturally sensitive, critically astute, and absolutely essential for teachers and teacher educators today.”
—From the Foreword by Bill Bigelow, Rethinking Schools magazine, and Linda Christensen, Lewis and Clark College

“Sleeter and Cornbleth have assembled an inspiring collection wherein educators’ provocative stories shatter assumptions associated with what it means to teach in high-stakes, standards-based classrooms. Teaching with Vision is a must-read book for beginning and practicing teachers.”
—Brian D. Schultz, Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, author of Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way

Editorial Reviews

A must read for all new teachers and prospective teachers.... Essential.”

—Choice

From the Publisher