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Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap: Strategies to Reach Every Student
Use instructional practices that lead students of poverty and diverse cultures to success! Donna Walker Tileston and Sandra K. Darling provide instructional strategies to help teachers improve learning in students of diverse cultures and poverty. This research-based book presents a six-part framework that builds on students’ assets and strengths. The authors
120 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2009
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October 5, 2015"Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap"
By: Donna Walker Tileston and Sandra K. Darling
2009. 98p. Corwin, $13.49
ISBN (9781412955300)
There have been several books written over the years that explore the obvious link between poverty and low academic achievement. Some of these books even acknowledge the obvious challenges that are presented when educators are required to teach students from unique and multi-cultural backgrounds. "Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap" seeks to explore a 6-part system that strives to give teachers working in low-income/diverse cultural areas practical advice, instructional strategies, and accessible pedagogy to teach students that have been “written off” by the system.
Donna Walker Tileston’s background with teaching/administration and curriculum development and Sandra K. Darling’s personal experience of overcoming childhood poverty and becoming the successful founder and president of Learning Bridges make this book a homerun. Its contents are practical and easily implemented in the “challenging” classroom. Backed by solid research and a hope to draw out student’s prior knowledge, improve learning mindset, and engage declarative knowledge, this book is a must-have for teachers teaching in a high-need, low-income schools! "Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap" is an essential resource for current, as well as soon to be teachers. It’s an investment that you certainly won’t regret. -Rebekah May, Marshall University; Huntington, WV
If you liked "Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap" you may enjoy: "Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind" by Eric Jensen or "Educating Everybody’s Child: Diverse Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners" by Robert W. Cole.
By: Donna Walker Tileston and Sandra K. Darling
2009. 98p. Corwin, $13.49
ISBN (9781412955300)
There have been several books written over the years that explore the obvious link between poverty and low academic achievement. Some of these books even acknowledge the obvious challenges that are presented when educators are required to teach students from unique and multi-cultural backgrounds. "Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap" seeks to explore a 6-part system that strives to give teachers working in low-income/diverse cultural areas practical advice, instructional strategies, and accessible pedagogy to teach students that have been “written off” by the system.
Donna Walker Tileston’s background with teaching/administration and curriculum development and Sandra K. Darling’s personal experience of overcoming childhood poverty and becoming the successful founder and president of Learning Bridges make this book a homerun. Its contents are practical and easily implemented in the “challenging” classroom. Backed by solid research and a hope to draw out student’s prior knowledge, improve learning mindset, and engage declarative knowledge, this book is a must-have for teachers teaching in a high-need, low-income schools! "Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap" is an essential resource for current, as well as soon to be teachers. It’s an investment that you certainly won’t regret. -Rebekah May, Marshall University; Huntington, WV
If you liked "Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap" you may enjoy: "Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind" by Eric Jensen or "Educating Everybody’s Child: Diverse Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners" by Robert W. Cole.
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