Teaching Young Children in Multicultural Classrooms: Issues, Concepts, and Strategies

ISBN-13: 9781337566070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 432 str.

Wilma Robles de Melendez; Verna Ostertag Beck

Opis

This in-depth exploration discusses the need for addressing diversity and multicultural realities in the classroom. It prepares you with the necessary knowledge, skills, and strategies to create a developmentally appropriate, respectful, and culturally responsive classroom and teaching environment. You'll find practical information, ideas, and strategies that you can apply to classroom practice for young children. There are guidelines on how to create relationships between the school, community, and family as essential partners that influence a child's success. Questions about how to deal with a bilingual child, a child with exceptionalities, and non-traditional parents are also addressed. Finally, you'll learn the benefits of teaching multiculturalism from a global perspective.