Descripciones mejoradas de Syndetics:

Every day college and university faculty ask themselves the question, 'How can we become more effective teachers of a culturally diverse student body?' This book provides the most comprehensive and useful answer that I have ever read. Drawing upon years of experience and research with students from various cultural backgrounds, Wlodkowski and Ginsberg offer faculty a remarkable integration of theory and practice--full of the kinds of insights and strategies they can use today.

--Michael Nettles, professor, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan

Raymond J. Wlodkowski and Margery B. Ginsberg combine their respective expertise in motivation and multiculturalism to go beyond the usual rhetoric on promoting diversity, offering real-world guidance and suggestions for successful teaching in today's changing classroom environment.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Preface(p. xi)
• The Authors(p. xvii)
• 1. Understanding Relationships Between Culture and Motivation to Learn(p. 1)
• 2. Establishing Inclusion(p. 61)
• 3. Developing Attitude(p. 109)
• 4. Enhancing Meaning(p. 161)
• 5. Engendering Competence(p. 231)
• 6. Implementing a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy(p. 283)
• Resources
• A. Facilitating Equitable Discussions Within the Multicultural Classroom(p. 313)
• Effective Lecturing Within the Multicultural Classroom(p. 316)
• B. Cooperative Lesson Worksheet(p. 321)
• C. Evaluator Assessment(p. 323)
• D. Evaluative Descriptors for Narrative Assessment(p. 325)
• References(p. 329)
• Name Index(p. 351)
• Subject Index(p. 357)

Reseñas proporcionadas por Syndetics

CHOICE Review

The authors have underestimated the value and audience of this thoughtful and delightful text. Although intended for teachers in postsecondary schools, its content and nature are fully applicable to the entire spectrum of public education. The authors cite a core of values associated with the dignity of teaching: respect, motivation, safety, justice, and equity. These values, intertwined in the book's contextual framework, further demonstrate its appropriateness for cross-cultural groups. The values imply an element of morality associated with teaching. The book is comprehensive in scope and uses a vocabulary that enables readers to move easily between theory and practice. It is a veritable toolbox for classroom teachers and provides numerous situations and examples. The authors present extensive strategies and suggestions for implementation or problem solving. Examples are clear and practical and have been tried in the classroom setting. The references are current and plentiful. The book is both applicable in a multicultural setting and relevant for high need groups who may be affected by poverty. An excellent, practical classroom text for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students. J. V. Parker Jr.; Georgia Southern University

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Raymond J. Wlodkowski is a licensed psychologist and an award-winning teacher. The author and coauthor of numerous books on the topics of motivation and learning, he currently serves as professor in the School for Professional Studies and is the director of the Center for the Study of Accelerated Learning at Regis University in Denver, Colorado
Margery B. Ginsberg is an educational researcher, author, and consultant. She currently advises states and school districts on designing and implementing comprehensive school reform. Ginsberg's work integrates student and teacher motivation as the basis for transformation. She has developed comprehensive school improvement initiatives throughout the United States and in Japan and Germany