List Books » What Successful Teachers Do in Diverse Classrooms: 71 Research-Based Classroom Strategies for New and Veteran Teachers
Authors: Cathy D. Hicks, Neal A. Glasgow, Sarah J. McNary
ISBN-13: 9781412916172, ISBN-10: 1412916178
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: April 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
Neal A. Glasgow has been involved in education on many levels for many years. His experience includes serving as a secondary school science and art teacher both in California and New York, as a university biotechnology teaching laboratory director and laboratory technician, and as an educational consultant and frequent speaker on many educational topics. He is the author or coauthor of ten books on educational topics: What Successful Schools Do to Involve Families: Fifty Research-Based Strategies for Teachers and Administrators (2008), What Successful Literacy Teachers Do: 70 Research-Based Strategies for Teachers, Reading Coaches, and Instructional Planners (2007), What Successful Teachers Do in Diverse Classrooms: 71 Research-Based Strategies for New and Veteran Teachers (2006); What Successful Teachers Do in Inclusive Classrooms: 60 Research-Based Strategies That Help Special Learners (2005); What Successful Mentors Do: 81 Researched-Based Strategies for New Teacher Induction, Training, and Support (2004); What Successful Teachers Do: 91 Research-Based Strategies for New and Veteran Teachers (2003); Tips for Science Teachers: Research-Based Strategies to Help Students Learn (2001); New Curriculum for New Times: A Guide to Student-Centered, Problem-Based Learning (1997); Doing Science: Innovative Curriculum Beyond the Textbook for the Life Sciences (1997); and Taking the Classroom to the Community: A Guidebook (1996).
Grounded in the best peer-reviewed research, each strategy presents guidelines and appropriate precautions to ensure successful transfer to actual classroom practice.
Ch. 1 | Making the multicultural connection | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Including students with special education needs | 31 |
Ch. 3 | Cultivating gender sensitivity | 65 |
Ch. 4 | Including students who are sexual minorities | 79 |
Ch. 5 | Supporting students who are economically disadvantaged | 96 |
Ch. 6 | Meeting the needs of English language learners | 120 |
Ch. 7 | Working with parents | 138 |
Ch. 8 | Establishing and sustaining your professional identity | 147 |