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Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
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Lisa Delpit
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
New Pr
Publication date
July 5, 2006
Pages
223
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781595580740
ISBN-10
1595580743
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Original list price
$17.95
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Teaching When the World Is on Fire | Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters | Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race | Skin That We Speak | Multiplication Is for White People | Student Cultural Diversity | For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
An updated edition of the award-winning analysis of the role of race in the classroom features a new author introduction and framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne, in an account that shares ideas about how teachers can function as 'cultural transmitters' in contemporary schools and communicate more effectively to overcome race-related academic challenges. Original.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
An updated edition of the classic revolutionary analysis of the role of race in the classroom
Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Award and Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Book Award, and voted one of Teacher Magazine’s great books,” Other People’s Children has sold over 150,000 copies since its original hardcover publication. This anniversary paperback edition features a new introduction by Delpit as well as new framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne.
In a radical analysis of contemporary classrooms, MacArthur Award–winning author Lisa Delpit develops ideas about ways teachers can be better cultural transmitters” in the classroom, where prejudice, stereotypes, and cultural assumptions breed ineffective education. Delpit suggests that many academic problems attributed to children of color are actually the result of miscommunication, as primarily white teachers and other people’s children” struggle with the imbalance of power and the dynamics plaguing our system.
A new classic among educators, Other People’s Children is a must-read for teachers, administrators, and parents striving to improve the quality of America’s education system.
Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Award and Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Book Award, and voted one of Teacher Magazine’s great books,” Other People’s Children has sold over 150,000 copies since its original hardcover publication. This anniversary paperback edition features a new introduction by Delpit as well as new framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne.
In a radical analysis of contemporary classrooms, MacArthur Award–winning author Lisa Delpit develops ideas about ways teachers can be better cultural transmitters” in the classroom, where prejudice, stereotypes, and cultural assumptions breed ineffective education. Delpit suggests that many academic problems attributed to children of color are actually the result of miscommunication, as primarily white teachers and other people’s children” struggle with the imbalance of power and the dynamics plaguing our system.
A new classic among educators, Other People’s Children is a must-read for teachers, administrators, and parents striving to improve the quality of America’s education system.
Editions
Hardcover
from New Pr (March 1, 1995)
9781565841796 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Predicting a high percentage of minority students in America by the year 2000, a plea for diverse teaching requirements states that many academic problems occur as a result of racial miscommunication and culture clashes.
About: Predicting a high percentage of minority students in America by the year 2000, a plea for diverse teaching requirements states that many academic problems occur as a result of racial miscommunication and culture clashes.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from New Pr (July 5, 2006)
9781595580740 | details & prices | 223 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $17.95
About: An updated edition of the award-winning analysis of the role of race in the classroom features a new author introduction and framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne, in an account that shares ideas about how teachers can function as 'cultural transmitters' in contemporary schools and communicate more effectively to overcome race-related academic challenges.
About: An updated edition of the award-winning analysis of the role of race in the classroom features a new author introduction and framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne, in an account that shares ideas about how teachers can function as 'cultural transmitters' in contemporary schools and communicate more effectively to overcome race-related academic challenges.
from New Pr (February 1, 1996)
9781565841802 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $16.95
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