Other people's children : cultural conflict in the classroom

Summary: Presents essays in which the author, an African-American teacher, chronicles her efforts to understand the perspectives her multi-racial students bring to the classroom, discussing the reasons why many white and middle-class African-American teachers encounter problems teaching students from different cultures.

Record details

ISBN: 1565841794
ISBN: 9781565841796
ISBN: 1565841808
ISBN: 9781565841802
Physical Description: print
xvii, 206 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, ©1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-197) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Controversies revisited -- Lessons from home and abroad -- Looking to the future.
Awards Note:	1995 Critics' Choice Award, American Educational Studies Association and Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic Book Award.