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Book SynopsisToday's educatorspre- and in-service teachers and teacher educators serve increasing percentages of adolescents who have limited relationships to school. These young people are often our most diverse youth; they are frequently English Language Learners (ELLs) and immigrants, and they are too often part of multi-generational dropout and disengagement trends. Teachers are desperate for pedagogical philosophies, curricula, and practices that will support them with helping young people appreciate the value of school, engage or re-engage youth with this most foundational of our public institutions and aid adolescents in the development of the core literacy and writing skills they need to be successful in school and beyond. This volume will assist teachers in recognizing the increasing diversity of their students who often look very different from and have life and school experiences that are very different than those of the educators who serve them. Current and future educators must utilize
Table of ContentsForeword by Kathleen Cushman Preface Chapter 1: Our Evolving Schools, Our Changing Students Chapter 2: Picturing Cleveland, Seeing the U.S. Chapter 3: The Foundations of Our Practices Chapter 4: Picturing a Writing Process Chapter 5: Picturing Self: Past, Present, Future Chapter 6: Picturing Teachers and School Chapter 7: Picturing Challenges and Trauma Chapter 8: Picturing Family and Community Chapter 9: Picturing Mentors and Mentoring Chapter 10: Picturing Success and Failure References About the Authors Acknowledgments
