Creating equitable classrooms through action research
By: edited by: Cathy Caro-Bruce ... [et al.].
Contributors: Caro-Bruce, Cathy.
Publisher: Corwin Press; NSDC; Corwin
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781412936668; 9781412936675
Subjects: Educational equalization -- United States.; Action research in education -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreward / by Elizabeth Burmaster; title: Acknowledgments; title: Classroom action research with a focus on equity / Cathy Caro-Bruce & Mary Klehr; title: Introduction; title: Equity action research; title: Other equity initiatives; title: What happens in an equity-focused action research group?; title: Implementing a school district action research program / Cathy Caro-Bruce & Mary Klehr; title: Been there done that: student inquiry about high school dropouts / Erik J. Shager; title: What strategies can I incorporate so that the English language learners in my classroom will better understand oral directions? / Shannon Richards; title: Understanding high school black male students' achievement and school experience / Quynh T. Nguyen; title: What teacher behaviors encourage one at-risk African-American boy to be a productive member of our classroom community? / Barbara Williams; title: But then it got real / Jane Hammatt-Kavaloski; title: We want to work with our friends / Diane Coccari; title: Ribbons, racism, and a placenta: the challenges and surprises of culturally relevant teaching / Kate Lyman; title: Conclusions on using a constructivist approach in a heterogeneous classroom / Van Valaskey; title: Using African-American students' preference for working in self-selected partnerships to promote math achievement / Julie Melton; title: Crossing bridges of culture, color, and language / Denise Hanson; title: Looking across the studies and connecting Madison teachers' action research to other literature on equity pedagogy / Ryan Flessner, Ken Zeichner, & Kalani Eggington.