We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools (Multicultural Education (Paper)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Gary R. Howard
Creator: Sonia Nieto
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 9953
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 172
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0807746657
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.117
EAN: 9780807746653
ASIN: 0807746657
Publication Date: January 20, 2006
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Book Description
Once again, in this expanded Second Edition, Gary Howard outlines what good teachers know, what they do, and how they embrace culturally responsive teaching. Howard brings his bestselling book completely up to date with today's school reform efforts and includes a new introduction and a new chapter that speak directly to current issues such as closing the achievement gap, and to recent legislation such as No Child Left Behind. With our nation's student population becoming ever more diverse, and teachers remaining largely White, this book is now more important than ever. A must-read in universities and school systems throughout the country, We Can't Teach What We Don't Know continues to facilitate and deepen the discussion of race and social justice in education.
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 It's all about gary August 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had the chance to meet the author during a conference to review this book and his work. I was looking forward to hearing about his approach for improving relationships between races. What a disappointment, we could even make it to the stage of having a trusting conversation. I felt my religious beliefs were under attack and he was not open to an honest and complete conversation.
Gary Howard is not the spokes person for white males ... nor is he the spoke person for improving cultural relationships. He speaks for promoting himself and making money.... any another false prophet making a profit.
 Important, yet Dense June 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good read, Howard presents the issues well. It is thought provoking, and an important text (especially for people with no experience of other cultures). However, it could also have been 20 pages instead of 121 pages. There is a lot of repetition. Also the writing is dense, it seems like it was written for his colleagues.
Two stars overall
 Good ramp up, but... May 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Three stars just for the "crazy uncle in the attic" metaphor. I intend to borrow that one someday- it captures what I've been trying for years to articulate.
The first two thirds of the book were interesting, though nothing you haven't heard elsewhere. Well, maybe not everyone was blessed with parents as enlightened as mine. That's the only explanation I can come up with.
The last third of the book, which SHOULD have been practical How-Tos instead turned into diffuseness and academic word play. It was very disappointing after how direct the first part was.
All authors claiming to teach me how to do something should first write a draft that lays out their proposals in point form. If you can't put it in point form, it's too academic. I want things I can take to a classroom.
good, but thick reading November 21, 2007
This is an important topic, but this book is written in a research language type way, not an easy to read lay-person kind of way.
A useless book... September 14, 2007
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
The author spends half the book trying to establish (and burnish, in my opinion) his "Culturally Sensitive White Guy" credentials and the other half stating the freaking obvious. If you've ever lived in an area with more than one race, you'll get precious little from this book. On the other hand, if you're from northern Idaho, this might be just the ticket...
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