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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSolution Tree
ISBN-101952812534
ISBN-139781952812538
eBay Product ID (ePID)2328313496
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFinding Your Blind Spots : Eight Guiding Principles for Overcoming Implicit Bias in Teaching
Publication Year2021
SubjectMulticultural Education, General
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaRéférence, Education
AuthorHedreich Nichols
FormatBook, Other
Dimensions
Item Height3.9 in
Item Length0.2 in
Item Width2.8 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2021-047296
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
SynopsisBuild bridges, foster better relationships, and establish a more inclusive school community. In her direct yet conversational style, Hedreich Nichols examines discriminatory classroom practices and offers strategies for eliminating them. You'll acquire the knowledge and skills to identify biases that adversely affect your practice and learn how to move beyond those biases to ensure a more equitable, inclusive campus culture. Recognize your own personal biases and how they affect the classroom. Learn how your language can reinforce discrimination and how to choose inclusive language instead. Understand gender and sexuality and how they relate to identity. Discover ways to celebrate and foster diversity daily. Identify microaggressions and how they create barriers to relationships. Contents: Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: Bias and Belonging Chapter 2: Bias, Guilt, and Accountability Chapter 3: Bias, Language, and Labels Chapter 4: Bias in Curriculum Chapter 5: Bias and Cultural Expression Chapter 6: Bias and Gender Equality Chapter 7: Bias and Representation Chapter 8: Bias in Action--What Not to Do and Say Conclusion References and Resources Index, Educators who set out to make their classrooms welcoming, effective learning environments welcoming, effective learning environments for all students sometimes struggle with biases that they don't even realize they have. In Finding Your Blind Spots: Eight Guiding Principles for Overcoming Implicit Bias in Teaching, author Hedreich Nichols presents the knowledge, skills, and tools to identify those places of bias that adversely affect teaching practice and to move beyond them to build equitable schools. Readers will gain valuable insight into the experiences of students who may look or identify differently than they do, enabling them to become better-prepared and more understanding educators. K-12 teachers and administrators will: Understand their personal biases and how they affect students' sense of belonging in the classroom, Learn how language can reinforce discrimination and how to choose inclusive language, Gather knowledge about gender expression and sexual identity to be effective allies, Celebrate and foster diversity daily, Understand microaggressions and how they create barriers to relationships Book jacket.