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<i>Bridging Cultures: Teacher Education Module</i> is a professional development resource for teacher educators and staff developers to help preservice and in-service teachers become knowledgeable about cultural differences and understand ways of bridging the expectations of school settings with those of the home. In a nonthreatening, cognitively meaningful way, the <i>Module</i> is based on teacher-constructed and tested strategies to improve home-school communication and parent involvement. These innovations were developed as part of the Bridging Cultures Project, which explores the cultural value differences between the individualistic orientation of mainstream U.S. schools and the collectivistic orientation of many immigrant families. The goal of the Bridging Cultures Project is to support and help teachers in their work with students and families from immigrant cultures. <br> <br> The centerpiece of the <i>Module</i> is training resources, including an outline, an agenda, and a well-tested three-hour script designed as a lecture-discussion with structured opportunities for guided dialogue and small-group discussion. Throughout the script, "Facilitators Notes" annotate presen

Who reads Bridging Cultures : Teacher Education Module?

Author

Carrie Rothstein-Fisch; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781135635558

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Education, Technology, School Education & Teaching