good, but thick reading

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	• We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools (Multicultural Education (Paper)) Gary R. Howard Teachers College Press, 2006 - 172 pages average customer review:based on 16 reviews view larger image
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Good ramp up, but...

Three stars just for the "crazy uncle in the attic" metaphor. I intend to borrow that one someday- it captures what I've been trying for years to articulate.

The first two thirds of the book were interesting, though nothing you haven't heard elsewhere. Well, maybe not everyone was blessed with parents as enlightened as mine. That's the only explanation I can come up with.

The last third of the book, which SHOULD have been practical How-Tos instead turned into diffuseness and academic word play. It was very disappointing after how direct the first part was.

All authors claiming to teach me how to do something should first write a draft that lays out their proposals in point form. If you can't put it in point form, it's too academic. I want things I can take to a classroom.

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good, but thick reading

This is an important topic, but this book is written in a research language type way, not an easy to read lay-person kind of way.

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Once again, in this expanded Second Edition, Gary Howard outlines what good teachers know, what they do, and how they embrace culturally responsive teaching. Howard brings his bestselling book completely up to date with today?s school reform efforts and includes a new introduction and a new chapter that speak directly to current issues such as closing the achievement gap, and to recent legislation such as No Child Left Behind. With our nation?s student population becoming ever more diverse, and teachers remaining largely White, this book is now more important than ever. A must-read in universities and school systems throughout the country, We Can?t Teach What We Don?t Know continues to facilitate and deepen the discussion of race and social justice in education.

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