Growing Critically Conscious Teachers
Project LEARN Category
L - Listen
E - Educate
R - Respond
Intended Audience(s)
Theme/Focus
Activism
Book Details
Author: Angela Valenzuela
Publication Year: 2016
Pages: 209 pages
*BIPOC Author Designation
Book Synopsis
To meet the needs of the fast growing numbers of Latino/a English learners, this volume presents an approach to secondary education teacher preparation based on the work of the National Latino/a Education Research and Policy Project (NLERAP). Renowned scholar and educator Angela Valenzuela, together with an impressive roster of contributors, provides a critical framework for educating culturally responsive teachers.
They examine the knowledge, skills, and predisposition required for higher education institutions to create curricula for educating Latino/a children, children of colour, and language minority youth. Growing Critically Conscious Teachers illuminates why growing our own teachers makes sense as an approach for not only addressing the achievement gap, but for also enhancing the well-being of our communities as a whole.