Preparing Culturally Informed Educators: Examining Complexities in Practice [Paperback]

Preparing Culturally Informed Educators: Examining Complexities in Practiceaims to prepare mainstream educators to work effectively with diverse learners. Though not an exhaustive review of what is required for mastery of culturally informed instruction, this approach does equip educators with content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and professional dispositions necessary to provide diverse learners with equitable educational opportunities. Chapters explore theoretical foundations and challenges of culturally informed pedagogy, culturally informed reading education for English learners (EL) and all learners, and implications of recent neurological research.Preparing Culturally Informed Educators: Examining Complexities in Practice equips educators with content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and professional dispositions necessary to provide diverse learners with equitable educational opportunities.

Susan Foster Ph.D.,is an associate professor of elementary education in the School of Education, Health, and Human Behavior at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where she teaches courses in literacy, differentiated instruction, and second language acquisition and learning. Before coming to SIUE, Dr. Foster supervised theAmerica Reads Challengeliteracy program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and taught elementary and middle school in Springfield, Illinois.

Dr. Barbara Martinis an assistant professor of teaching and learning in the School of Education, Health, and Human Behavior at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Dr. Martin teaches courses in teacher preparation and conducts research in technology integration, math methods and STEM related fields.

As the diversity within our P-12 student populations increases, teachers are challenged as never before to meet both the academic and language needs of all students.Preparing Culturally Informed Educators: Examining Complexities in Practiceby Drs. Mal3%