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Discover new strategies to create equitable, engaging, interactive classroom environments where students from all backgrounds are motivated to take risks, share their unique perspectives, and develop their own identities as powerful life-long learners. Topics include inquiry-based learning, implicit bias, growth mindset, stereotype threat, scaffolding, college and career skills, and community of learners.
Contents
Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Educators Are Experts, Improvisational Artists, Researchers 5
Instructors Are Experts and Improvisational Artists 5
Instructors Are Researchers 8
2. Community College Students: Their Stories, Challenges, and Resilience 13
Challenges Community Colleges Face 14
Student Identities, Backgrounds, and Intersectionality 15
Community College Students: Stories from the Edge 16
3. Instructor and Student Mindsets That Bolster Student Success 23
Instructor Beliefs and an Equity Mindset 24
Fostering a Growth Mindset Classroom 26
Alleviating Stereotype Threat 37
Other Equity Moves 44
4. Ed Psych Theory 2.0 51
Four Approaches to Learning and Teaching 51
Five Key Theories for 21st-Century Learning and Teaching 56
5. 21st-Century Learning: Active, Inquiry-Based, Collaborative 71
Two Examples: One in English, One in Math 72
The Neuroscience Behind Interactive, Inquiry-Based Learning 77
Launching an Inquiry-Based, Interactive Learning Class 80
Principles, Practices, Preparation 81
Building a Community of Learners 90
6. Improving Retention and Engagement for First-Year Black Male Students in Higher Education 104
Michael L. Washington
Discussing Marginalization 105
Institutional Challenges: Racial Demographics 106
Anti-Grit Narrative 108
Sociological Challenges 111
Psychological Challenges 113
Final Recommendations 115
7. >Moving Beyond Access: Cultivating College Skills and Persistence for Latinx Students 119
Victoria Christine Rodriguez
Introduction 119
Background—the Aspiration-Attainment Gap 121
Charters and School-Level and Policy Interventions 122
Case Study of Bay Area Charter School 124
Imposter Syndrome 125
Teaching Undergraduate Students 128
Five Strategies 130
8. Supporting the Success of Multilingual Students 132
Luz Navarette Garc
An Introduction to the Power of Language 132
A Crash Course in Language Development Theories 137
Nine Suggestions to Support Multilingual Learners 139
9. Teaching College and Career Skills in Ways That Dignify Students 142
Bolstering College and Career Skills 142
Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities 150
Providing Support for Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma 155
10. Beyond the Classroom 159
Toward the Next Course, Degree, Career, Life 159
Online and Hybrid Teaching and Learning 161
The Power of a Community of Practitioners 162
References 167
Index 179
About the Authors 193
