Cultural Competence in America's Schools: Leadership, Engagement and Understanding (Educational Policy in the 21st Century: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1623961742 ISBN 13: 9781623961749

Publisher: Information Age Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Cultural Competence in America's Schools: Leadership, Engagement and Understanding focuses on explicating the impact of culture and issues of race and ethnicity on student learning, teacher and leadership efficacy, and educational policy making in our nation's public school system. The authors agree with Levin (2012), who pointed out that the challenge of dealing effectively with racial and ethnic diversity in education in traditionally homogeneous societies is a global problem. One indicator of this point is revealed in a U.S. study that was commissioned by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, which reported on the serious consequences for student achievement and teacher effectiveness in the face of "the gap between teacher training and the realities of the classroom when it comes to teaching diverse populations and students with special needs."(Public Agenda, 2008, p. 2).

About this title

About the Author

Bruce Anthony Jones, University of South Florida, USA.

Edwin J. Nichols, Nicolas & Associuates, Inc., USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1623961742
• ISBN 13: 9781623961749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194
• Editor: Jones Bruce Anthony, Nichols Edwin J.