Teachin' It!: Breakout Moves That Break Down Barriers for Community College Students

ISBN-13: 9780807761588 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019

Felicia Darling

Opis

Discover new strategies to create equitable, engaging, interactive classroom environments where students from all backgrounds are motivated to take risks, share their unique perspectives, and develop their own identities as powerful life-long learners.

Spis treści

• Contents
• Preface vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction 1
• 1. Educators Are Experts, Improvisational Artists, Researchers 5
• Instructors Are Experts and Improvisational Artists 5
• Instructors Are Researchers 8
• 2. Community College Students: Their Stories,  Challenges, and Resilience 13
• Challenges Community Colleges Face 14
• Student Identities, Backgrounds, and Intersectionality 15
• Community College Students: Stories from the Edge 16
• 3. Instructor and Student Mindsets That Bolster Student Success 23
• Instructor Beliefs and an Equity Mindset 24
• Fostering a Growth Mindset Classroom 26
• Alleviating Stereotype Threat 37
• Other Equity Moves 44
• 4. Ed Psych Theory 2.0 51
• Four Approaches to Learning and Teaching 51
• Five Key Theories for 21st-Century Learning and Teaching 56
• 5. 21st-Century Learning: Active, Inquiry-Based, Collaborative 71
• Two Examples: One in English, One in Math 72
• The Neuroscience Behind Interactive, Inquiry-Based Learning 77
• Launching an Inquiry-Based, Interactive Learning Class 80
• Principles, Practices, Preparation 81
• Building a Community of Learners 90
• 6. Improving Retention and Engagement for First-Year  Black Male Students in Higher Education 104
• Michael L. Washington
• Discussing Marginalization 105
• Institutional Challenges: Racial Demographics 106
• Anti-Grit Narrative 108
• Sociological Challenges 111
• Psychological Challenges 113
• Final Recommendations 115
• 7. Moving Beyond Access: Cultivating College Skills and Persistence for Latinx Students 119
• Victoria Christine Rodriguez
• Introduction 119
• Background—the Aspiration–Attainment Gap 121
• Charters and School-Level and Policy Interventions 122
• Case Study of Bay Area Charter School 124
• Imposter Syndrome 125
• Teaching Undergraduate Students 128
• Five Strategies 130
• 8. Supporting the Success of Multilingual Students 132
• Luz Navarette García
• An Introduction to the Power of Language 132
• A Crash Course in Language Development Theories 137
• Nine Suggestions to Support Multilingual Learners 139
• 9. Teaching College and Career Skills in Ways That Dignify Students 142
• Bolstering College and Career Skills 142
• Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities 150
• Providing Support for Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma 155

  10. Beyond the Classroom 159

• Toward the Next Course, Degree, Career, Life 159
• Online and Hybrid Teaching and Learning 161
• The Power of a Community of Practitioners 162

  References 167

• Index 179
• About the Authors 193