Cultural Learning in Urban Schools and Minority Serving Institutions: A Guide for Educators [Hardcover]

Examines how K-16 educators learn across cultural differences between themselves and students from low-income and minoritized communities.This book examines how K-16 educators in urban schools and minority-serving institutions (MSIs) navigate student-teacher cultural differences. It addresses the psychological impact of these differences on educators as they learn, often independently, to manage diverse classrooms and foster more effective student-teacher relationships in real time.This book examines how K-16 educators in urban schools and minority-serving institutions (MSIs) navigate student-teacher cultural differences. It addresses the psychological impact of these differences on educators as they learn, often independently, to manage diverse classrooms and foster more effective student-teacher relationships in real time.This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the social and?organizational factors shaping K-16 teachers' cultural learning?processes, through both a systematic review of the extant literature?on K-12 urban teacher thinking and interviews with instructional staff?at a high-performing minority serving institution (MSI). It highlights?common challenges K-16 educators face in navigating cultural?differences between themselves and their students. Drawing from?cultural psychology, organizational behavior, and organizational?psychology, the book offers evidence-based insights for creating?school systems in which educators working with students from?low-income and other minoritized cultural communities can critically?examine and challenge their cultural assumptions to create more?inclusive and supportive learning environments for all students,?as well as develop and implement more culturally responsive?classroom management practices.Introduction: how cultural learning matters for educators everywhere; 1. An action science approach to cultural learning in urban schools and minority serving institutions (MSIs); 2. Directly observable data on K-12 teachel'