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Author Davis, Bonnie M

Title Biracial and Multiracial Student Experience : a Journey to Racial Literacy
Published Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (169 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Prologue; Chapter 1 -- Beginning the Journey; Chapter 2 -- What Is Race?; Chapter 3 -- What Are You?; Chapter 4 -- What Are the Challenges for Multiracial Students?; Chapter 5 -- How Mixed-Identity Students Develop Racial Identities; Chapter 6 -- Reaching Out to Other Professionals to Learn What I Don't Know; Chapter 7 -- The Impact of Skin Color; Chapter 8 -- Parent Voices; Chapter 9 -- A Call to Action: Culturally Proficient Suggestions and Strategies; Chapter 10 -- Future Voices; Chapter 11 -- The Journey's End and Next Steps; Selected Bibliography
Summary What does it mean to be "in between"? As more biracial and multiracial students enter the classroom, educators have begun to critically examine the concept of race. Through compelling narratives, best-selling author Bonnie M. Davis gives voice to a frequently mislabeled and misunderstood segment of the population. Filled with research-based instructional strategies and reflective questions, this book supports readers in examining: The meaning of race, difference, and ethnicity How mixed-identity students develop racial identities How to adjust instruction to demonstrate cultural pr
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Subject Racially mixed people -- Education -- United States
Multicultural education -- United States
Teacher-student relationships -- United States
Teacher-student relationships
Racially mixed people -- Education
Multicultural education
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781412975056
1412975050
1452213062
9781452213064