{"product_id":"identity-affirming-classrooms-9781032042930","title":"Identity Affirming Classrooms","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn how to create identity affirming classroom environments that honor the humanity of students. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough schools have potential to be spaces of inquiry and joy, they can also be the source of trauma and pain when educational equity is not a foundational element. With a race-conscious lens, Dr. Erica Buchanan-Rivera explains how to actively listen to the voices of students and act in response to their needs in order to truly activate equity and make conditions conducive for learning. She also offers insights on how we need to do anti-bias and antiracist work in efforts to create affirming, brave spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, you'll find features such as Mirror Work and Collective Work to help you bring the ideas to your own practice and discuss them with others. You'll also find excerpts from students'' voices to hear the why behind affirming spaces through their perspectives. With the powerful ideas in this book, you'll be able to create the kinds o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For educators who are trying to live out their commitment to equitable classrooms and schools, Dr. Buchanan-Rivera is the guiding voice that our movement needs. Here, she starts with a question, and ends with a love letter. What lives between those pages is the insight, encouragement, and love that will help us to forge a nation of powerful classrooms.\"--Cornelius Minor, educator and author of \u003ci\u003eWe Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to be Who our Students Need Us to Be\u003c\/i\u003e, Brooklyn, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eIdentity Affirming Classrooms: Spaces that Center Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Erica Buchanan-Rivera draws on personal stories and student voices to bring to life what it means to learn in an environment that affirms one's identity. This accessible text offers a significant contribution to the ongoing conversation about how to provide an equitable education to all students. \u003ci\u003eIdentity Affirming Classrooms: Spaces that Center Humanity \u003c\/i\u003ebegins by offering foundational knowledge\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eabout identity development and concludes by asking educators to take a look at the beliefs and practices that impact students as soon as they walk into the room. Growing up, I was privileged to have classroom environments that affirmed my identity as a Black girl. It was not until I became an educator that I understood how rare my experience can be. Classrooms often privilege a single dominant identity, forcing marginalized students to diminish themselves. The experience leaves some students wondering if school is for them. Yet, as Dr. Buchanan-Rivera illustrates, every child deserves to learn in a space and with a teacher who sees who they are and what they can become.\"--Val Brown, Principal Academic Officer at the Center for Antiracist Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As a parent of color and educational leader for Equity, I believe that our classrooms, all classrooms, should be identity affirming spaces where \u003ci\u003eevery\u003c\/i\u003e student is nurtured, validated, and affirmed. Dr. Buchanan-Rivera skillfully provides the reader with the knowledge and strategies that will create the spaces that \"honor the humanity\" of our children while growing our own awareness and consciousness. \u003ci\u003eIdentity Affirming Classrooms: Spaces that Center Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and necessary read for every educator and educational leader.\"--Dr. Rosa Perez-Isiah, Director, Author, and Equity Advocate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Do the Work\u003c\/strong\u003e 1. The Role of the Classroom and the Sociopolitical Context of Schooling 2. Leading for Equity \u003cb\u003ePart II: Components of Identity Affirming Space\u003c\/b\u003e 3. Unpacking Identity 4. Intentional Spaces of Belonging 5. Humanizing Approaches and the Power of Community 6. Authentic Student Expressions Epilogue: Love Letter to Those Doing the Work Appendix A: Responsiveness Assessment for Classroom Environments (RACE) Appendix B: To Teachers who Face Resistance\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018808820055,"sku":"9781032042930","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032042930.jpg?v=1750778224","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/identity-affirming-classrooms-9781032042930","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}