| Description |
xiv, 186 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186). |
| Contents |
pt. I. Conceptual provocations -- 1. Your culture is showing -- What is culture? -- Cultural adaptability -- Giving lip service to what is politically correct -- Revealing yourself -- Origins of cultural identity -- Cultural values -- Culture as individuality -- 2. Climate of political correctness -- One slip and you are under arrest! -- That the poor and weak shall wither -- Tribal wars -- Politics of victimization -- Some questionable assumptions -- More alike than different -- Scapegoats -- Reversing 100,000 years of history -- 3. Just how different are we, anyway? -- Disorientation facing different cultures -- Entrenched positions and changing cultural values -- Cultures of teachers, students, and schools -- Teacher subcultures -- Multiple cultures that interact --Confronting biases and prejudices -- 4. Some cultural misunderstandings -- It always worked before -- Neglect or overreaction? -- Your role in the conflict -- A clash of cultures -- 5. Beauty and grace in school rituals / Richard Powell, Jeffrey A. Kottler -- Structure of rituals -- Then and now -- Industrialization of school rituals -- Becoming ritualized -- Toward a new social imagination for schooling -- Accommodating student rituals -- |
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Bridge -- 6. Teaching as if you were an anthropologist -- The culture of an anthropologist -- Alternative teacher roles -- What it means to be an anthropologist -- Traveling like an anthropologist -- Get out and walk -- Cultural lessons for the teacher -- Within the borders of your community -- |
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pt. II. Purposeful actions -- 7. Being and doing things differently in the classroom / Jeffrey A. Kottler, Ellen Kottler -- Being rather than doing -- Work within the student's culture -- Learning the rules within student cultures -- Making learning culturally relevant -- Some things you can do -- 8. Narrative approaches to culture and learning / Gerald Monk, Jeffrey A. Kottler -- Narrative approach -- Brief review of constructivist theory -- Differences in adult and child knowledge -- Application of narrative approaches in the classroom -- Jeremy's story -- The dominant story -- Using externalizations in narrative questioning -- Relative influence questions -- Assembling the alternative story -- Narrative teaching and cultural sensitivity -- 9. Internationalizing the classroom / Elaine Jarchow, Jeffrey A. Kottler -- Why internationalize the classroom? -- When teachers model an international perspective -- Making learning last -- Activities for the elementary school classroom -- Activities for the junior or senior high school -- Additional resources -- 10. What matters most -- Not feeling welcome -- Those who are misunderstood -- When teachers have trouble -- So, what matters most? |
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Educational anthropology -- United States.
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Multicultural education -- United States.
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Teachers -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Classroom environment -- United States.
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| Added Title |
What is really said in the teachers' lounge |
| ISBN |
0803963378 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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0803963386 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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