Crossing Over to Canaan
Gloria Ladson-Billings · 2001
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"Crossing Over to Canaan tells the story of eight novice teachers working in urban, elementary school settings. It details their struggles and triumphs as they confront challenges in the classroom and respond with innovative strategies that turn cultural strengths into academic assets. Gloria Ladson-Billings offers a model of teaching that focuses on academic achievement, cultural competence, and socio-political consciousness." "Drawing from her own experiences as a young African-American teacher working in Philadelphia, she successfully weaves together narrative, observation, and scholarship to create an inspirational and practical book that will help teachers everywhere as they work to transcend labels and categories to support excellence among all students."--Jacket.
First sentence: I began teaching early adolescent students in a K-8 school in South Philadelphia in the late 1960s.
Book details
- Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN
- 9780787950019
Data source: Wikidata
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