Culture or Chaos in the Village The Journey to Cultural Fluency

by Thomas, Ursula; Harris, Karen; Ramanathan, Hema; Strickland, Janet; Witherspoon Arnold, Noelle

• ISBN13: 9781607099253
• ISBN10: 160709925X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-16
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

6 x 9

Author Biography

Dr. Ursula Thomas is assistant professor of early childhood education and the Birth through Age Five Program Coordinator at the University of West Georgia.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Racial Identity Development: You Are Here!	p. 1
Mediation Framework and Teacher Education Dynamics	p. 13
Brown Girl in the Ring	p. 27
The Three Rs: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic or Race, Relationship, and Reflection	p. 35
But They Don't Speak English: Mapping Out How We Teach Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners	p. 63
The State of School-Based Speech-Language Pathology in Teacher Education: Guess who's Coming to Dinner?	p. 79
Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: Cultural Mediation, Social Justice, and Educational Leadership	p. 87
Are We There Yet? Culture, Communication, and Relationship: Making It to the Village	p. 103
The Family Reunion: Community and the Journey	p. 109
Pardon the Policy: Unpacking the Standards	p. 117
Cultural Mediation and Leadership Questionnaire	p. 127
Assignments/Tools to Surface Culture	p. 129
Charting Family Relationships	p. 135
Multimedia Resources Database	p. 137
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 143
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