Student Diversity

Student Diversity
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Publisher : Pembroke Publishers Limited
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 9781551381985
ISBN-13 : 1551381982
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Student Diversity by : Faye Brownlie

This book shows teachers how to meet the challenge of inclusive classrooms and help all students succeed. It includes tips for writers' workshops and classroom reading requirements and practical ideas for involving students in their own studies.

Building on Student Diversity

Building on Student Diversity
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Publisher : SAGE Publications
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781452266923
ISBN-13 : 1452266921
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Building on Student Diversity by : Joy R. Cowdery

"This book works to give teachers a tool for understanding how to examine their teaching methods and refine those methods to maximize student learning...Galton is a well known researcher...and he has valuable insights into tailoring teaching methods in ways to meet specific learning goals. This book is recommended for all elementary teachers looking for ways to maximize learning in their classroom." —EDUCATION LIBRARIES This unique text captures the profiles and cumulative records of six diverse students at early childhood, middle childhood, and then high school level. Intended for the preservice teacher, Building on Student Diversity: Profiles and Activities illustrates how to create a caring school environment; accommodate for special learning needs in instructional and assessments; and interact with families and communities.

Student Diversity at the Big Three

Student Diversity at the Big Three
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Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Total Pages : 387
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ISBN-10 : 9781412814614
ISBN-13 : 1412814618
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Student Diversity at the Big Three by : Marcia Graham Synnott

Strengthening affirmative action programs and fighting discrimination present challenges to America's best private and public universities. U.S. college enrollments swelled from 2.6 million students in 1955 to 17.5 million by 2005 (the figure included millions of older students). Ivy League universities, specifically Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, face significant challenges in maintaining their professed goal to educate a reasonable number of students from all the ethnic, racial, religious, and socio-economic groups while maintaining the loyalty of their alumni. College admissions officers in these elite universities have the daunting task of selecting a balanced student body. Added to their challenges, the economic recession of 2008-2009 negatively impacted potential applicants from lower-income families. Evidence suggests that high Standard Aptitude Test scores are correlated with a family's socioeconomic status. Thus, the problem of selecting the "best" students from an ever-increasing pool of applicants may render standardized admissions tests a less desirable selection mechanism. The next admissions battles may be whether well-endowed universities should commit themselves to a form of class-based affirmative action in order to balance the socioeconomic advantages of well-to-do families. Such a policy would improve prospects for students who may have dreams, aspirations, and ambitions for a type of education that is beyond their reach without preferential treatment. As in past decades, admissions policies may remain a question of balances and preferences. Nevertheless, the elite universities are handling admission decisions with determination and far less prejudice than in earlier eras.

Student Diversity, 3rd Edition

Student Diversity, 3rd Edition
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Publisher : Pembroke Publishers Limited
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9781551389202
ISBN-13 : 1551389207
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Student Diversity, 3rd Edition by : Faye Brownlie

From ice-breaking activities to ways to meet specific expectations in all areas of the curriculum, teachers will discover practical strategies and organizational frameworks that will help them to reach all students. Whether you're searching for new ways to inspire students with different learning styles, celebrate the abilities of the physically challenged, or boost the skills of those learning English for the first time, Student Diversity has what you need to meet and defeat the wide variety of challenges in today's classroom. Packed with examples of student work and reproducible worksheets, this book will help to smooth the daily path of beginning and experienced teachers alike.

Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education

Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 289
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781135911171
ISBN-13 : 1135911177
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education by : Michelle Morgan

Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education is a working manual that is designed to help managers, academics and members of the professional service teams within universities, recruit and support a diverse student body across the student lifecycle at the same time as delivering a quality student experience in a challenging and pressured environment. Using the Student Experience Practitioner Model as a framework, this book helps colleagues responsible for improving the student experience navigate their way through the maze of student diversity across all levels of study, determining what to deliver, how to deliver it and to whom. It interlinks academic, welfare and support activities at faculty department, school, course and university level to support the student in their university journey. Containing 40 practical and innovative undergraduate UK and international case studies from across 12 countries spanning four continents, this book provides practical examples of recruiting and supporting a diverse student body. It includes initiatives to support: mature students (e.g. academic re-engagement); students with special needs (e.g. dyslexia and other disabilities); international students (e.g. language support requirements); students at risk (e.g. lower socio-economic groups, care leavers, male learners); Transfer and direct entry students (e.g. supporting students through this transition); individual learners and their learning needs (impact of personality on learning); students who support students (e.g. peer support). This book will be of great use to senior and middle administrative managers and academics involved in the recruitment, retention and progression of students; and also to anyone involved in education policy and students aiming to work in higher education.

Teacher Diversity and Student Success

Teacher Diversity and Student Success
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 1682535819
ISBN-13 : 9781682535813
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Teacher Diversity and Student Success by : Seth Gershenson

Teacher Diversity and Student Success makes a powerful case for diversifying the teaching force as an important policy lever for closing achievement gaps and moving schools closer to equity goals. Written by three leading scholars, the book provides nuanced solutions on how to diversify the teaching force, increase student exposures to same-race teachers, and improve teacher training for a culturally diverse student body. They argue that teacher diversity should be seen as one element of teacher quality, and policies focused on improving teacher quality should take race explicitly into consideration. The authors also address the historic and contemporary factors that have kept people of color out of teaching and highlight emerging research showing the significant, long-lasting impact of same-race teacher exposures, particularly for Black and Latino students. This timely book is a call to action for building teacher diversity to ensure student success.

Student Diversity, Choice, and School Improvement

Student Diversity, Choice, and School Improvement
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9780313013492
ISBN-13 : 0313013497
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Student Diversity, Choice, and School Improvement by : Charles V. Willie

Diversified schools, in which students of various racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic characteristics are balanced, have a positive contextual effect on achievement for all groups compared to schools with homogeneous student bodies that tend to help affluent, white students and harm poor students and students of color. The authors advise school districts convicted for operating segregated schools on how to make all schools schools of choice that must compete for students who enroll in them. And it discusses ways of being fair and just in the distribution of educational resources to affluent as well as poor students and to white students as well as students of color. School systems that are reluctant to use racial fairness guidelines in the enrollment process are advised to use socioeconomic fairness guidelines, because the absence of any enrollment fairness guidelines tends to result in the return to segregation and a dual school system helpful to a few but harmful to many students. This book suggests ways of empowering parents and professional educators and it discusses how to achieve a good outcome for urban as well as rural school districts and for large as well as small school systems. Among communities mentioned in this study are Cambridge, Boston, Brockton MA; St.Lucie County, Lee County, Hillsborough County (including Tampa) FL; Santa Rosa County CA; Seattle WA; New Haven CT; Rockford IL; Milwaukee WI; and Charleston County SC.

Academic Literacy and Student Diversity

Academic Literacy and Student Diversity
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 349
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ISBN-10 : 9781783093502
ISBN-13 : 1783093501
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Academic Literacy and Student Diversity by : Ursula Wingate

This book provides a comprehensive overview of approaches to academic literacy instruction and their underpinning theories, as well as a synthesis of the debate on academic literacy over the past 20 years. The author argues that the main existing instructional models are inadequate to cater for diverse student populations, and proposes an inclusive practice approach which encourages institutional initiatives that make academic literacy instruction an integrated and accredited part of the curriculum. The book aims to raise awareness of existing innovative literacy pedagogies and argues for the transformation of academic literacy instruction in all universities with diverse student populations.

Managing and Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education

Managing and Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 255
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781780633855
ISBN-13 : 1780633858
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Managing and Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education by : Robyn Benson

Government initiatives in many countries emphasise social inclusion in higher education, resulting in a more diverse student population. This presents opportunities and challenges for academic and professional staff in managing and supporting these students. Managing and Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education focuses on how students succeed amidst a culture of widening participation. The book is divided into seven chapters. The first introduces current literature and policies to present an international perspective on widening participation in higher education. The following five chapters present students' stories on topics including getting into higher education, the international experience, coping with education later in life, and identity. Stories are followed by implications for management and support, and discussion topics for practitioners. The book concludes by looking at how students succeed in higher education and the implications for managing and supporting student diversity. - Provides an accessible and practical resource using students' own voices - Emphasises how students from diverse backgrounds succeed in higher education - Offers in-depth personal insights into issues facing learners from diverse backgrounds

The Diversity Bargain

The Diversity Bargain
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9780226400280
ISBN-13 : 022640028X
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis The Diversity Bargain by : Natasha K. Warikoo

We’ve heard plenty from politicians and experts on affirmative action and higher education, about how universities should intervene—if at all—to ensure a diverse but deserving student population. But what about those for whom these issues matter the most? In this book, Natasha K. Warikoo deeply explores how students themselves think about merit and race at a uniquely pivotal moment: after they have just won the most competitive game of their lives and gained admittance to one of the world’s top universities. What Warikoo uncovers—talking with both white students and students of color at Harvard, Brown, and Oxford—is absolutely illuminating; and some of it is positively shocking. As she shows, many elite white students understand the value of diversity abstractly, but they ignore the real problems that racial inequality causes and that diversity programs are meant to solve. They stand in fear of being labeled a racist, but they are quick to call foul should a diversity program appear at all to hamper their own chances for advancement. The most troubling result of this ambivalence is what she calls the “diversity bargain,” in which white students reluctantly agree with affirmative action as long as it benefits them by providing a diverse learning environment—racial diversity, in this way, is a commodity, a selling point on a brochure. And as Warikoo shows, universities play a big part in creating these situations. The way they talk about race on campus and the kinds of diversity programs they offer have a huge impact on student attitudes, shaping them either toward ambivalence or, in better cases, toward more productive and considerate understandings of racial difference. Ultimately, this book demonstrates just how slippery the notions of race, merit, and privilege can be. In doing so, it asks important questions not just about college admissions but what the elite students who have succeeded at it—who will be the world’s future leaders—will do with the social inequalities of the wider world.