In this collection of articles, Geneva Gay invites readers to make educational equity and excellence for all students a reality, not just an ethic or an ideal. Through teaching narratives and pragmatic examples, Gay illustrates that a combination of ideology, ethics, personal commitment, and praxis on the part of educators is essential to achieving equity for underachieving racial and ethnic minority students. The text is organized into three themes: Identity (how the identities and behaviors of educators are influenced by their membership in ethnic and cultural groups); Ideology (how the beliefs, attitudes, and expectations of educators shape their behaviors and instruction); and Action (suggestions for equitable teaching, classroom management, curriculum development, and teacher preparation). Each individual essay can be read separately, but they are especially powerful when read in conjunction with each other. Educating for Equity and Excellence is applicable to a broad spectrum of teaching contexts, including early childhood, elementary, secondary, and college. Book Features: A good blend of ideas and actions for teaching diverse students, including Black, Asian American, Native American, and Latinx students. Narratives from the personal experiences of the author as well as those of other education scholars, researchers, and practitioners. Suggested teaching actions applicable to educating students at different grade levels and abilities. Easy-to-understand chapters, with pragmatic explanations, that describe complex conceptual ideas. Recommended actions for promoting and sustaining equity across contexts. Geneva Gay received the 2023 AERA Division B (Curriculum Studies) Lifetime Achievement Award.
Geneva Gay is professor emerita in the College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award of Division B (Curriculum Studies) of the American Educational Research Association and the first Multicultural Educator Award presented by the National Association of Multicultural Education. Geneva's books include Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice, Third Edition.
Contents Series Foreword James A. Banks ?vii Introduction ?1 PART I: Identity 1. ?Expressive Ethos of Afro-American Culture ?9 2. ?Ethnic Identity in Early Adolescence: Some Implications for Instructional Reform ?23 3. ?Implications of Selected Models of Ethnic Identity Development for Educators ?31 PART II: Ideology 4. ?Teachers' Achievement Expectations and Classroom Interactions With Ethnically Different Students ?45 5. ?Teachers' Beliefs About Cultural Diversity: Problems and Possibilities ?54 6. ?Teaching To and Through Cultural Diversity ?74 PART III: Action 7. ?Curriculum Theory and Multicultural Education ?101 8. ?Preparing for Culturally Responsive Teaching ?140 9. ?Connections Between Classroom Management and Culturally Responsive Teaching ?156 10. ?The Younger the Better: Culturally Responsive Teaching for Lil Sistas ?196 Bibliography of Works by Geneva Gay Included in This Book ?220 Index ?221 About the Author ?230
" Educating for Equity and Excellence illustrates how Geneva Gay's work, over many decades, has provided detailed theory and practical implications essential to enacting equitable and excellent education for all students through culturally responsive teaching." -Teachers College Record
