Building Culturally Responsive Classrooms

Concha Delgado Gaitan, PhD, is an award-winning ethnographic researcher and professor of sociocultural studies in education. She received the George and Louise Spindler award for her contributions to the field of Anthropology and Education from the Council of Anthropology and Education of the American Anthropological Association. Her early career as a teacher and school principal informs her later work as a practicing anthropologist in communities and professor at the University of California, Davis. Concha has also worked in the field of public health education in Latino communities, combining that interest with her dedication to issues of social justice and education. She is a national and international speaker as well as a consultant on the numerous topics that inspire her work. Among her many scholarly publications are her books where she presents her work as an ethnographer working with disenfranchised families and communities toward their empowerment and extending practical lessons to educators: (1) The Power of Community, (2) Protean Literacy, (3) Crossing Cultural Borders, (4) Literacy for Empowerment, (5) School and Society, (6) Involving Latino Families in the School, (7) Building Culturally Responsive Classrooms, and this most current one (8) Creating a College Culture for Latino Students. In a different book, Prickly Cactus, she turns the lenses inward to look at the role of family and community in her life during a time of major health crisis. Concha works and lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband Dudley Thompson. For more information, please go to www.conchadelgadogaitan.com  or contact Concha at concha@conchadg.com.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author1. IntroductionPart I: Context: Configuring the Classroom for Academic Equity2. Engaging With Children′s Values Around Cooperation and Competition3. Culturally Responsive Classroom Discipline4. Accelerating Exceptional Students From All Linguistic and Cultural Groups5. Including Students With Special Needs in the Culturally Responsive Classroom6. Culturally Responsive Classroom Management7. Supporting Children′s Cultural Adjustment8. Connecting Home and SchoolPart II: Content: Learning Subject Matter Through Culture in the Classroom9. Teaching Cultural Diversity10. Becoming Proficient in English11. Building Literacy12. Creating Equity in Math and Science13. Fostering a Gender Equity14. Crafting an Interdisciplinary Curriculum15: Conclusion: Responding Culturally in TeachingReferencesIndex

"[This book] presents issues that influence educators serving students whose perspectives and experiences differ from their own and offers innovative and appropriate strategies to create learning environments that promote respect and equity for all students. [It] addresses the challenges of many special populations, including those of at-risk, gifted and talented, learning disabled, English language acquisitions, and more."