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

Hammond, Zaretta L. (Lynn)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1483308014 ISBN 13: 9781483308012

Publisher: Corwin, 2014

Synopsis

 A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction

 

The achievement gap remains a stubborn problem for educators of culturally and linguistically diverse students. With the introduction of the rigorous Common Core State Standards, diverse classrooms need a proven framework for optimizing student engagement and facilitating deeper learning

 

Culturally responsive pedagogy has shown great promise in meeting this need, but many educators still struggle with its implementation. 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.

 

The book includes:

 

• Information on how one’s culture programs the brain to process data and affects learning relationships
• Ten "key moves" to build students’ learner operating systems and prepare them to become independent learners
• Prompts for action and valuable self-reflection

 

With a firm understanding of these techniques and principles, teachers and instructional leaders will confidently reap the benefits of culturally responsive instruction.

"An essential, compelling, and practical examination of the relationship between culture and cognition that will forever transform how we think about our role facilitating the learning of other people’s children―and our own children!

―LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Executive Director

National Equity Project

 

"All students can and will learn at high levels when provided the type of instruction described in this book. This work calls us to action by mandating that we move beyond looking for student outcomes that rely heavily on the regurgitation of memorized facts to applying the information learned to new situations."

―Kendra Ferguson, Chief of Schools

Kipp Bay Area Schools, Oakland, CA

About this title

About the Author

Zaretta Hammond, M.A. is a teacher educator and national education consultant supporting teachers, instructional coaches, and school leaders. She is the author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (Corwin, 2015).

Ms. Hammond is a former high school and community college writing instructor. For the past 25 years, through her company, Transformative Learning Solutions, she has supported schools and other institutions in deepening their understanding of the integration of culturally responsive practices, the science of reading, and the science of learning.

In addition, she has written articles and book chapters on these topics to help educators improve instruction and understand evidence-based applications of emerging research in the learning sciences.

Ms. Hammond is a strong literacy advocate who sits on the research advisory committee for Learning Policy Institute’s Alliance for the Science of Learning and Development. She is also a member of the science of reading advisory board for UnboundEd’s CORE Learning

From the Back Cover

Written in a teacher-friendly manner, this resource builds teacher capacity for addressing the needs of underserved students by presenting high-leverage instructional strategies that are informed by the latest findings in neuroscience and cognition, as well as culturally-responsive instruction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1483308014
• ISBN 13: 9781483308012
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192