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Beth Lindsay Templeton - Understanding Poverty in the Classroom, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

Understanding Poverty in the Classroom

Changing Perceptions for Student Success

Av Beth Lindsay Templeton

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People who live in poverty consider life in different ways than those who have adequate basic resources. Many educators tend to see the world through their middle-class worldview. Because of this, they do not understand these significant and often rational differences. They may misinterpret behavior they see and ascribe negative connotations to how their students are reacting. Their assumptions can affect the quality of both the teaching and the learning that happens. Most teachers have real passion for educating their students but their experiences limit how they relate to the challenges some of their students face daily.Understanding Poverty in the Classroom:* Identifies perceptual differences* Teaches strategies to address the special needs of children from poverty* Encourages teachers to learn about the neighborhoods where their students live and what to lookfor in those areas* Confronts myths about poverty and reinforces learning with specific illustrationsThis resource is interactive with exercises that increase the reader's learning and provides specific tools to improve the educational process for teachers, students, and parents.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-06-16
  • Mått: 155 x 234 x 12 mm
  • Vikt: 236 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 114
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9781610483643
  • Utmärkelser: 9.49
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Beth Lindsay Templeton, director of Our Eyes Were Opened, is a community activist, innovator, minister, consultant, teacher, and writer. She began her career as a secondary mathematics teacher and for the last twenty-eight years has worked at United Ministries, a non-profit in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Today's teachers face the challenge of growing numbers of children of poverty in schools. Templeton provides suggestions to maximize the schooling experience of these students. Their success in school is largely dependent upon an informed, nurturing faculty armed with a realistic understanding of students, their instructional needs, and an array of practical teaching strategies. Because the life experience of these students differs drastically from that of their teachers and classmates, common misunderstandings abound. For example, fulfilling homework can become impossible for students who are homeless or who live in a crowded, multifamily setting. A teacher may suspect low mental capacity in a student unable to answer a question like 'What's your shoe size?,' unaware that the student has worn only shoes that were found or given to her. Teachers adapt everyday interactions, like giving directions, to help students develop sequential skills by dividing tasks into components and providing students with something concrete (e.g., a sticky note) delineating each part. They can provide cues so that students who live with uncertainty can learn to identify when a lesson actually begins. This book provides teachers a much-needed resource to address the increasing amount of child poverty in schools. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels.

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