Pursuing Practical Change: Lesson Designs That Promote Culturally Responsive Teaching

Today’s educators are aware of the need for social emotional learning in their classroom and can share the tenets of a culturally responsive pedagogy. However, what they lack is the practical strategies for implementation of these pivotal classroom practices. Pursuing Practical Change: Lesson Designs That Promote Culturally Responsive Teaching is an answer to this need! This book goes beyond just providing theory and data, but delves into the actual practices needed to be successful in today’s classroom. Within the chapters of this book, both novice and veteran teachers will find support through the lesson plans of practitioners, their reflections, and various strategies for classroom instruction.

Heather Dean, PhD, has spent her career in education teaching English at the junior high and high school level. Currently, she is an assistant professor of teacher education at California State University, Stanislaus with research interests in teacher retention and literacy education as well as understanding the best practices for training new teachers.

Amber E. Wagnon, PhD, was a public school secondary educator for over a decade. She is currently an assistant professor of secondary education at Stephen F. Austin State University where her research interests include literacy education, experiential learning, and public school advocacy.