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The Power of One
How You Can Help or Harm African American Students
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At-Risk Students | Teaching Strategies for Diverse Students | Working with Minority Students
At-Risk Students | Teaching Strategies for Diverse Students | Working with Minority Students
July 2012 | 200 pages | Corwin
This reader-friendly, interactive staff development resource is designed to help teachers deal with some of the main barriers—particularly "mental baggage"—that impede their progress with African American students.
The Power of One underscores an important point about intrinsic motivation that is frequently neglected in the equity literature—that teachers will personally benefit from increasing their efficacy with students of colour. The author skillfully blends compelling first-person narratives, personal growth exercises, and informational text in a manner that engages both hearts and minds.
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction: Why Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing in Our Heads
Part 1. Beliefs, Mind Sets, and Baggage
1. Identifying the Personal Benefits of Increasing Your Efficacy With African American Students
2. That Baggage Is Too Heavy: Uncovering Negative Mind Sets That Can Undermine Your Work With African American Students
3. "You Can't Help but Talk About Race": Examining Your Beliefs About Racism and Racial Problems
4. "To Be Honest, I Can't Stand His Mama": Facing Your Personal Issues About the Parents of African American Students
Part II. The Curriculum, Classroom Management, and Testing
5. A Hard Knock Life: How Teachers Can Use the Curriculum to Empower African American Students
6. Only the Strong Survive: Dealing With Roadblocks to Effective Classroom Management
7. Using Wisdom in Assessing Students in Spite of the High-Stakes-Testing Mania
8. Learning From Classroom Scenarios and Other Problems That Concern Educators
Conclusion: A Work in Progress: Committing to Ongoing Personal and Professional Development
Appendix
References
Index
This book is being considered for fall 2014
Ethnic Studies Dept, California St Univ-Sacramento
December 15, 2013
