Title
Weve Been Doing It Your Way Long Enough': Choosing the Culturally Relevant Classroom (Language and Literacy Series),New
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Filled with daytoday literacy practices, this book will help elementary school teachers understand their role in dismantling the imbalance of privilege in literacy education. Chapters take readers into classrooms where they will see, hear, and feel decolonizing and humanizing culturally relevant pedagogies as students learn literacy and a critical stance through musical literacies, oral histories, heritage lessons, and building a critical consciousness. The authors also share strategies to help teachers examine their own educational spaces, start the school year in culturally relevant ways, build reciprocal relationships with families and communities, and teach within standards and testing mandates while challenging unjust systems. Practices are brought to life through students, families, and community members who voice the realities of pedagogical privilege and oppression and urge educators to take action for change.Book Features: Classroom practices that build literacy proficiency and a critical consciousness while recentering omitted, distorted, and marginalized histories and heritage. A strong foundation and rationale for why decolonizing and humanizing culturally relevant pedagogies are necessary. Strategies to help teachers and schools engage in selfexamination and take action for change. Strategies for nurturing mutually respectful relationships with families and community members as teachers affirm and learn from their wisdom. Culturally relevant teaching grounded in the ethics of African cultural practice with an emphasis on its value for every student. Lists of childrens books, professional books, and websites to support the practices described throughout the book.
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- Q: What is the main focus of the book 'We’ve Been Doing It Your Way Long Enough'? A: The book focuses on culturally relevant teaching practices that help elementary school teachers dismantle privilege in literacy education, emphasizing the importance of decolonizing pedagogies.
- Q: How many pages does the book contain? A: The book contains 168 pages.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of the book is Janice R. Baines.
- Q: What educational level is this book intended for? A: This book is intended for elementary school teachers and educators involved in literacy education.
- Q: When was the book published? A: The book was published on August 17, 2018.
- Q: What are some key themes discussed in the book? A: Key themes include building literacy proficiency, critical consciousness, culturally relevant teaching, and strategies for engaging with families and communities.
- Q: Does the book provide practical strategies for teachers? A: Yes, the book includes practical strategies to help teachers engage in self-examination and foster respectful relationships with families and communities.
- Q: Is the book suitable for teachers in diverse classrooms? A: Yes, the book is designed to support teachers in diverse classrooms by promoting culturally relevant pedagogies that recognize and value all students' backgrounds.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: Are there resources included in the book for further reading? A: Yes, the book includes lists of children's books, professional resources, and websites to support the practices described.