What's really said in the teachers' lounge
Subtitle: provocative ideas about cultures and classrooms
By: Jeffrey A. Kottler.
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Educational anthropology -- United States.; Multicultural education -- United States.; Teachers -- United States -- Social conditions.; Classroom environment -- United States.
Other titles: What is really said in the teachers' lounge
Description: What's Really Said in the Teachers' Lounge helps you explore how cultural beliefs and biases - yours and those of your students and colleagues - affect growth and learning. It offers ways for you to develop greater cultural awareness and become more responsive to the needs of diverse children. According to the author, multiculturalism has become so politically correct that true feelings and honest opinions are reserved for the teachers' lounge. The author analyzes this climate of political correctness in which caution, instead of real sensitivity to diversity, is often the norm. Through exploration of your own attitudes and cultural makeup, you will learn how to better respond to others. Make your classroom more vibrant and culturally responsive.

What's Really Said in the Teachers' Lounge is sure to spark stimulating dialogue among educators, particularly in teacher education courses, inservice training sessions, and discussion groups.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186).
Table of contents: title: Your culture is showing; title: Climate of political correctness; title: Just how different are we, anyway?; title: Some cultural misunderstandings; title: Beauty and grace in school rituals (Richard Powell and Jeffrey A. Kottler); title: Teaching as if you were an anthropologist; title: Being and doing things differently in the classroom (Jeffrey A. Kottler and Ellen Kottler); title: Narrative approaches to culture and learning (Gerald Monk and Jeffrey A. Kottler); title: Internationalizing the classroom (Elaine Jarchow and Jeffrey A. Kottler); title: What matters most.