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anti-bias curriculum
antiracist classroom
Author_Mary Cowhey
bilingual education
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community-based learning
culturally responsive teaching strategies
diverse classrooms
elementary teacher training
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inclusive classroom practices
multicultural education
not light but fire
primary grades
problem posing education
projustice classroom
social justice classroom
social justice pedagogy
teachers as cultural workers
teaching in a diverse classroom
Product details
- ISBN 9781571104182
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 187 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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What would a classroom look like if understanding and respecting differences in race, culture, beliefs, and opinions were at its heart? If you were inspired to become a teacher because you wanted to develop young minds, but now find yourself limited by "teach to the test" pressures and state standards, Mary Cowhey's book Black Ants and Buddhists: Thinking Critically and Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades will reignite the passion and remind you that educators provide more than test prep. Starting her career as a community activist, Cowhey shares her roots and how they influenced her Peace Class, where she asks her students to think critically, learn through activism and discussion, and view the entire curriculum through the framework of understanding the world, and what they can do to make it a better place. Woven through the book is Mary's unflinching and humorous account of her own roots as well as lessons from her heroes: Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Martin Luther King, Jr, and others. Her students learn to make connections between their lives, the books they read, the community leaders they meet, and the larger world. Black Ants and Buddhists offers no easy answers, but it does include starting points for conversations about diversity and controversy in your classroom, as well as in the larger community. Students and teachers investigate problems and issues together, in a multicultural, antiracist classroom.
Mary Cowhey has been teaching first and second grade at Jackson Street School in Northampton, MA for nine years. Before becoming a teacher, she was a community organizer for fourteen years. She has won numerous awards for her teaching, including a Milken National Educator Award, an AntiDefamation League World of Difference Teacher Recognition Award, and a National League of Women Voters Award.
