Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain by Zaretta Lynn Hammond

In addition to consulting and professional development, she has been on staff at national education reform organizations, including the National Equity Project and the former Bay Area School Reform Collaborative (BASRC). Mary’s College’s Kalmanovitz School of in Moraga, California. Zaretta Hammond is a former classroom English teacher who has been doing instructional design, school coaching, and professional development around the issues of equity, literacy, and culturally responsive teaching for the past 18 years. This work calls us to action by mandating that we move beyond looking for student outcomes that rely heavily on the regurgitation of memorized facts to applying the information learned to new situations.” “All students can and will learn at high levels when provided the type of instruction described in this book.

LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Executive Director ' An essential, compelling, and practical examination of the relationship between culture and cognition that will forever transform how we think about our role facilitating the learning of other people’s children-and our own children! With a firm understanding of these techniques and principles, teachers and instructional leaders will confidently reap the benefits of culturally responsive instruction.

Prompts for action and valuable self-reflection.

Ten “key moves” to build students’ learner operating systems and prepare them to become independent learners.

Information on how one’s culture programs the brain to process data and affects learning relationships.

In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction.

With the introduction of the rigorous Common Core State Standards, diverse classrooms need a proven framework for optimizing student engagement and facilitating deeper learningĬulturally responsive pedagogy has shown great promise in meeting this need, but many educators still struggle with its implementation. The achievement gap remains a stubborn problem for educators of culturally and linguistically diverse students. A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain by Zaretta Lynn Hammond