Culturally Proficient Instruction
A Guide for People Who Teach
Third Edition
- Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins
- Delores B. Lindsey
- Randall B. Lindsey - California State University Los Angeles, USA
- Raymond D. Terrell
Foreword by Alberto Ochoa
August 2012 | 224 pages | Corwin
In this third edition, the authors invite you to reflect on how you influence what goes on in your classroom and how you engage with your colleagues as a community of learners. Each chapter contains reflective activities and group work to guide readers. A well-documented case study provides an opportunity for readers to experience cultural proficiency in practice. This best-seller has been extensively revised to include:New case stories and references Updated discussion of standards-based education Conceptual framework chart Expanded discussion of barriers and the microagression concept
Forewords
Introduction
About the Authors
How to Use This Book
Part I: An Introduction to Cultural Proficiency
1. What Is Cultural Proficiency?
2. The Case for Cultural Proficiency
3. Culturally Proficient Standards
Part II: The Tools of Cultural Proficiency
4. Guiding Principles
5. Barriers to Cultural Proficiency
6. The Cultural Proficiency Continuum
Part III: The Essential Elements
7. Assessing Your Culture
8. Valuing Diversity
9. Managing the Dynamics of Difference
10. Adapting to Diversity
11. Institutionalizing Cultural Knowledge
12. Your Action Plan
References
Index