Culture, literacy, and learning
Subtitle: taking bloom in the midst of the whirlwind
By: Carol D. Lee ; foreword by Linda Darling-Hammond
Series: Multicultural education series; Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780807747490; 9780807747483
Subjects: African Americans -- Education (Secondary) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies; Multicultural education -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies; Education, Urban -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies; School improvement programs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-221) and index
Table of contents: title: The culture of everyday practices and their implications for learning in school; title: Modeling as a multi-dimensional cultural space; title: Modeling with cultural data sets; title: When and where I enter: African American English as a resource for instructional discourse; title: Cultural modeling and the demands of teacher knowledge; title: Understanding teacher knowledge and commitment in practice; title: Documenting student learning: challenges and opportunities; title: Blooming in the midst of the whirlwind