Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
Zaretta L. Hammond
(Author)Description
To close the achievement gap, diverse clas
Product Details
| Publisher | Corwin Publishers |
| Publish Date | December 01, 2014 |
| Pages | 192 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781483308012 |
| Dimensions | 9.8 X 6.9 X 0.9 inches | 0.9 pounds |
About the Author
Zaretta Hammond, M.A. is a teacher educator and national education consultant supporting teachers, instructional coaches, and school leaders. She is the author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (Corwin, 2015).
Ms. Hammond is a former high school and community college writing instructor. For the past 25 years, through her company, Transformative Learning Solutions, she has supported schools and other institutions in deepening their understanding of the integration of culturally responsive practices, the science of reading, and the science of learning.
In addition, she has written articles and book chapters on these topics to help educators improve instruction and understand evidence-based applications of emerging research in the learning sciences.
Ms. Hammond is a strong literacy advocate who sits on the research advisory committee for Learning Policy Institute's Alliance for the Science of Learning and Development. She is also a member of the science of reading advisory board for UnboundEd's CORE Learning
Reviews
"Drawing on the research form neuroscience Zaretta Hammond explains what we should have known all along - all children are capable of higher order thinking and capable of producing intellectually advanced work if provided the opportunity to learn by caring and capable adults. Hammond dose more than explain the research. Drawing on years of experience in schools as an educator and trainer, she shows how this can be done even in schools that have grown accustomed to failure. At a time when the nation is searching to find ways to close the racial achievement gap, this book will be an invaluable resource. "--Pedro Noguera, Professor, NYU
"An essential, compelling and practical examination of the relationship between culture and cognition that will forever transform how we think about our role facilitating the learning of other people's children - and our own children! Zaretta Hammond forcefully traverses the socio-political landscape of race and learning, smashing our misconceptions and bias about the educability of black, brown and low-income students; setting us free to take a more thoughtful, deliberate approach to creating classroom practices and environments that result in true learning partnerships with our students. The framework Hammond offers skillfully weaves together cultural knowledge (students' cultural identities and how they see and make meaning of the world) with neuroscience (what we now know about how the brain processes and retains information) - the real artistry of culturally responsive pedagogy. This book demonstrates high regard for the complexity of teaching and delivers an even higher regard for the promise and academic potential of the students we've made most vulnerable in our school systems if we, as educators, choose to act on what we know. This book should be required reading for every teacher education program in the country!"--LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Executive Director (8/12/2014 12:00:00 AM)
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