Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

Using a pedagogy that is culturally responsive allows an educator to create a framework for optimizing student engagement, thus facilitating deeper learning. In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction.

Contents:

Foreward by Yvette Jackson
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Introduction

Part I: Building Awareness and Understanding

• 1. Climbing Out of the Gap
• 2. What's Culture Go to Do with It?
• 3. This is Your Brain on Culture
• 4. Preparing to Be a Culturally Responsive Practitioner

Part II: Building Learning Partnerships

• 5. Building the Foundation of Learning Partnership
• 6. Establishing Alliance in the Learning Partnership
• 7. Shifting Academic Mindset in the Learning Partnership

Part III: Building Intellective Capacity

• 8. Information Processing to Build Intellective Capacity
• 9. Creating a Culturally Responsive Community for Learning
• 10. Epilogue

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