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Understanding Poverty in the Classroom: Changing Perceptions for Student Success
Beth Lindsay Templeton
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Description for Understanding Poverty in the Classroom: Changing Perceptions for Student Success
Hardback. Understanding Poverty in the Classroom identifies perceptual differences, teaches strategies to address the special needs of children from poverty, encourages teachers to learn about the neighborhoods where their students live and what to look for in those areas, confronts myths about poverty, and reinforces learning with specific illustrations. Num Pages: 114 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA; JNKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
People who live in poverty consider life in different ways than those who have adequate basic resources. Many educators tend to see the world through their middle-class worldview. Because of this, they do not understand these significant and often rational differences. They may misinterpret behavior they see and ascribe negative connotations to how their students are reacting. Their assumptions can affect the quality of both the teaching and the learning that happens. Most teachers have real passion for educating their students but their experiences limit how they relate to the challenges some of their students face daily. Understanding Poverty ... Read more
People who live in poverty consider life in different ways than those who have adequate basic resources. Many educators tend to see the world through their middle-class worldview. Because of this, they do not understand these significant and often rational differences. They may misinterpret behavior they see and ascribe negative connotations to how their students are reacting. Their assumptions can affect the quality of both the teaching and the learning that happens. Most teachers have real passion for educating their students but their experiences limit how they relate to the challenges some of their students face daily. Understanding Poverty ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
390 g
Number of Pages
114
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781610483636
SKU
V9781610483636
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About Beth Lindsay Templeton
Beth Lindsay Templeton, director of Our Eyes Were Opened, is a community activist, innovator, minister, consultant, teacher, and writer. She began her career as a secondary mathematics teacher and for the last twenty-eight years has worked at United Ministries, a non-profit in Greenville, South Carolina.
Reviews for Understanding Poverty in the Classroom: Changing Perceptions for Student Success
Today's teachers face the challenge of growing numbers of children of poverty in schools. Templeton provides suggestions to maximize the schooling experience of these students. Their success in school is largely dependent upon an informed, nurturing faculty armed with a realistic understanding of students, their instructional needs, and an array of practical teaching strategies. Because the life experience of these ... Read more