Preparing mathematics and science teachers for diverse classrooms : promising strategies for transformative pedagogy / edited by Alberto J. Rodriguez, Richard S. Kitchen

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Teachers' resistance to ideological and pedagogical change : definitions, theoretical framework, and significance / Alberto J. Rodriguez -- Using sociotransformative constructivism to respond to teachers' resistance to ideological and pedagogical change / Alberto J. Rodriguez -- Making equity and multiculturalism explicit to transform mathematics education / Richard S. Kitchen -- Using inquiry processes to investigate knowledge, skills, and perceptions of diverse learners : an approach to working with prospective and current science teachers / Marianne B. Barnes and Lehman W. Barnes -- Breaking through the ice : dealing with issues of diversity in mathematics and science education courses / Jacqueline Leonard and Scott Jackson Dantley -- Unpacking teachers' "resistance" to integrating students' language and culture into elementary science instruction / Aurolyn Luykx, Peggy Cuevas, Julie Lambert, and Okhee Lee -- Engaging prospective teachers in critical reflection : facilitating a disposition to teach mathematics for diversity / Thea K. Dunn -- "Eh, mus' be smart class" : race, social class, language, and access to academic resources / Pauline W.U. Chinn -- Transformative mathematics pedagogy : from theory to practice, research, and beyond / Joy Moore -- Seeing IT in the lives of children : strategies for promoting equitable practices among tomorrow's science teachers / Randy Yerrick -- Helping teachers use students' home cultures in mathematics lessons : developmental stages of becoming effective teachers of diverse students / Jacque Ensign -- Examining the "script" in science education : critical literacy in the classroom / Carol Brandt

"This book provides a theoretical basis and practical strategies to counter resistance to learning to teach for diversity (in culturally and gender-inclusive ways), and resistance to teaching for understanding (using student-centered and inquiry-based pedagogical approaches). Teacher educators from across the United States present narratives of their experiences in helping prospective and practicing teachers learn to teach for diversity and for understanding in a variety of mathematics and science contexts." "This book is a resource for teacher educators, K-12 teachers who work as student-teacher supervisors and cooperating teachers, and graduate students in mathematics and science education. This volume is also a text for science and mathematics methods courses."--Jacket