Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding: Engaging Young Hearts and Minds

ISBN-13: 9781138102712 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 220 str.

Debra Rader

Opis

Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding is a comprehensive resource for educators in Primary and Early Years classrooms. It provides teachers with a comprehensive framework for Developing Intercultural Understanding and practical and creative strategies, activities and resources.

Spis treści

Introduction  Using This Book  Part 1: Compelling Pedagogy for Our Times  Chapter 1. What is Intercultural Understanding?  Chapter 2. Why is Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding Imperative?  Chapter 3. Starting With Ourselves: Reflection and Self-knowledge  Part 2: Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding  Chapter 4. Exploring Culture and Language  Tokyo Friends/Tokyo no Tomodachi by Betty Reynolds  Sharing Cultural Artefacts: Create a Gallery Space  Wish: Wishing Traditions Around the World by Roseanne Thong  Chapter 5. Understanding and Valuing Personal and Cultural Identity  The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi  Personal and Cultural Identity Map Project: My Map Book by Sara Fanelli  Dancing Home by Alma Flor Ada and Gabriel M Zubizarreta  Chapter 6. Cultivating Transformative Beliefs, Values and Attitudes  The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper  What Does It Mean to be Global? by Rana DiOrio  Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson  Chapter 7. Engaging With Difference  Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman  One Green Apple by Eve Bunting  The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson  Chapter 8. Developing Essential Intercultural, Interpersonal and Life Skills  When Sophie’s Feelings Are Really, Really Hurt by Molly Bang  Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco  Marianthe’s Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories by Aliki  Chapter 9. Embedding Local and Global Issues  For Every Child: The rights of the child in words and pictures UNICEF text adapted by Caroline Castle  One Well: The Story of Water on Earth by Rochelle Strauss  Peace Begins With You by Katherine Scholes Part 3: Putting it into Practice: Modeling, Living, and Learning Intentionally  Chapter 10. Designing Learning and Living Spaces with Intercultural Understanding in Mind  Chapter 11. Applying Our Knowledge, Using Our Skills and Living Our Values  Chapter 12. Helping to Create a Better World  Appendices  Appendix A Children’s Literature for Developing Intercultural Understanding  Appendix B Multimedia Resources  Appendix C Web-based Resources  Appendix D Resources for Educators and Parents  Appendix E Partnering With Parents  Appendix F Connecting with the Community  Appendix G Organisations that Promote Intercultural Understanding  Appendix H Templates for Lesson Plans

O autorze

Debra Rader is a former primary school headteacher with over 30 years’ experience teaching and working with children and families from multicultural and multilingual backgrounds. She is an international educational consultant and develops programmes and workshops linked to intercultural understanding.