Other People's Children

Name: Other People's Children
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SKU: 9781595580740
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Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

By Lisa Delpit

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Other People's Children by Lisa Delpit explores the challenges faced by children of colour in predominantly white educational systems. Delpit argues that many academic difficulties arise from communication gaps and cultural misunderstandings between teachers and students, rather than from the students themselves. This influential work advocates for teachers to become effective cultural transmitters, addressing prejudice and stereotypes to improve education outcomes.
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This book is essential reading for educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in educational equity and cultural competence in classrooms.

Presenting an analysis of contemporary classrooms, this book develops ideas about the ways teachers can be better cultural transmitters in the classroom. It suggests that many academic problems attributed to children of colour are actually the result of miscommunication.

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Winner of a Critics' Choice Award, Other People's Children has sold over 150,000 copies since its original hardcover publication. This anniversary paperback edition features a new introduction by author Lisa Delpit, a MacArthur Award winner, as well as new framing essays by Helmut Kohn and other leading educators.

In a radical analysis of contemporary classrooms, Delpit develops ideas about the ways teachers can be better cultural transmitters in the classroom, where prejudice, stereotypes, and cultural assumptions breed ineffective education. Delpit suggests that many academic problems attributed to children of colour are actually the result of miscommunication, as primarily white teachers and "other people's children" struggle with the imbalance of power and the dynamics plaguing our system.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781595580740

Publisher: The New Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2006

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: The New Press

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 297g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

MacArthur Fellow Lisa Delpit received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Education in 1993 from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which hailed her as a "visionary scholar and woman of courage." She currently holds the Benjamin E. Mays Chair of Urban Educational Leadership at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She lives in Miramar, Florida.