Teaching Literacy in Urban Schools: Lessons from the Field

This book seeks to provide some practical insights guided by conceptual and contextual knowledge by understanding how to teach urban African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students by discussing culturally appropriate instructional strategies that have demonstrated success among African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students.

Author: Barbara Purdum-Cassidy
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 03/02/2018
Pages: 150
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.80w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781475839333
ISBN10: 1475839332
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Urban
- Education | Inclusive Education
- Education | Teaching | Subjects | Reading & Phonics

About the Author
Barbara Purdum-Cassidy, Ed.D., is clinical assistant professor in the School of Education at Baylor University. She currently teaches elementary languages methods and advanced methods of teaching writing courses to pre-service teachers and graduate students. Lakia M. Scott, Ph.D., is assistant professor of Urban Education and Literacy in the School of Education at Baylor University. Under her research framework of increasing educational access and opportunity for traditionally minoritized students, she currently teaches courses in social and cultural foundations, literacy, and research methods.