LibGuides: Equity PLC Libguides: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Books

Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta L. (Lynn) Hammond
ISBN: 9781483308012
Publication Date: 2014-12-01
Tell Me Who You Are by Winona Guo; Priya Vulchi
ISBN: 9780525541127
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
What Is It about Me You Can't Teach? by Eleanor Renée Rodriguez (Editor); James A. Bellanca; Deborah Rosalia Esparza
ISBN: 9781506345642
Publication Date: 2016-06-23
Bright Ribbons: Weaving Culturally Responsive Teaching into the Elementary Classroom by Lotus Linton Howard
ISBN: 9781506325255
Publication Date: 2017-02-03
Lies My Teacher Told Me for Young Readers by James W. Loewen; Rebecca Stefoff (Adapted by)
ISBN: 9781620974698
Publication Date: 2019-04-23
A Young People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn; Rebecca Stefoff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781583228692
Publication Date: 2009-06-02
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies by Django Paris (Editor); H. Samy Alim (Editor); Donna E. Alvermann (Series edited by); Celia Genishi (Series edited by)
ISBN: 9780807758335
Publication Date: 2017-05-05
Culturally and Linguistically by Sharroky Hollie
ISBN: 9781425817312
Publication Date: 2017-07-15
Using Understanding by Design in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classroom by Amy J. Heineke; Jay McTighe
ISBN: 9781416626121
Publication Date: 2018-07-11
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of y'all Too by Christopher Emdin
ISBN: 9780807028025
Publication Date: 2017-01-03

EL National Conference Resources
This libguide, created by the Capital City PCS librarians for EL National Conference, introduces our collection development framework to ensure we develop a diverse, inclusive library collection.

Potential Research/Design Questions

Definition

Culturally responsive pedagogy is a student-centered approach to teaching in which the students’ unique cultural strengths are identified and nurtured to promote student achievement and a sense of well-being about the student’s cultural place in the world.

Potential Research/Design Questions

How might we ensure that our instructional design empowers students' unique cultural strengths?
How might we center students, their families, and their cultures in everything we do?
How might we honor students' lived experiences (eg. home life, personal histories) through our teaching?

Resources

Why Diverse Classroom Libraries Matter
At a school in Oakland, California, students see themselves—and the broader world—in the books they read.
Windows and Mirrors: Learning About Difference—and Belonging—Through Books
When teachers provide diversity in classroom materials, students connect to the experiences of others—and have their own reflected and valued.
Being Culturally Responsive
Culturally responsive teaching recognizes the importance of including students' cultural references in all aspects of learning, enriching classroom experiences and keeping students engaged.
Equity Alliance: Culturally Responsive Teaching Matters!
Becoming culturally responsive means that teachers as well as students have to negotiate new standards and norms that acknowledge the differences and the similarities among and between individuals and groups
Digital Promise Micro-credential: Developing a Mindset for Culturally Responsive Assessment
Educator fosters a mindset that allows them to nurture a thriving, vibrant, culturally responsive environment; a mindset that reflects sensitivity, responsiveness, and intentionality in building relationships and communicating with a wide range of culturally and racially diverse students, families, and colleagues.
Culturally Responsive Teaching: 4 Misconceptions
The term “culturally responsive teaching” has been around for decades, but it seems to have gotten more attention in recent years. That’s good news: With our classrooms growing more diverse every year, teachers should be more interested in how they can best teach students from different backgrounds.
Kicking it Up a Notch: Becoming a Culturally Relevant Science Educator
"I’m not suggesting you change your science content. Instead, I’d like to illustrate the importance of modifying your teaching to be culturally relevant."
How to Practice Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy is a pedagogical framework that grounds and informs every aspect of a teacher's practice.
Teaching Channel: Taking on Culturally Relevant Real-World Learning
Now more than ever, cultural relevance is a crucial ingredient for the success of our schools, well being of our students, and future of our workforce. Students are more diverse in their languages, abilities, ways of learning, interests, skills, and cultures than ever. Culturally relevant pedagogy "empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes."