Rethinking Our Classrooms : Teaching for Equity and Justice / Bill Bigelow, Ed.

This collection includes creative teaching ideas, articles, essays, poems, reproducible handouts, resources, lesson plans, narratives and hands-on examples of ways teachers can promote values of community, justice and equality, while building academic skills. The book is divided into seven parts. Pa...

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Other Authors: Bigelow, Bill (Editor)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994.
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Physical Description:216 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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