Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
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A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement gap, diverse classrooms need a proven framework for optimizing student engagement. Culturally responsive instruction has shown promise, but many teachers have struggled with its implementation—until now. In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction. The book includes: Information on how one’s culture programs the brain to process data and affects learning relationships Ten “key moves” to build students’ learner operating systems and prepare them to become independent learners Prompts for action and valuable self-reflection
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This was my homework book, and I more or less agree with everything it had to say. That said, it's message for application is basically: analyze, reflect, analyze, reflect and keep repeating until you are good at being culturally responsive. There isn't much in the way of specific strategies, but there's a lot of really good brain research to back up making changes in your classroom. The information in here is all fairly obvious when you're reading the book, but less obvious in the heat of the moment in a hectic school with deadlines and testing, so I think it's important to read books like it to remind ourselves as educators what the actual best practices are.
