Product 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 de… More >>
We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools
#1 by J. T. Wilbanks on February 22, 2010 - 2:48 am
I recieved my book within 3 days by ordering on just the regular service.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by mabdeep1914 on February 22, 2010 - 5:33 am
A novel text of forethought and change, Howard offers We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know: White Teachers Multiracial Schools not only as an examination of the fervent racial overtones that have “colored” the political and social landscapes of America, but also as a polemical, introspective account of how the dominant white society can analyze his “cultural encapsulation” (this he presupposes as an unawareness of white dominance in society and as a fallible understanding of white identity and white culture) to determine how “to get other white folks into the dance” of multiculturalism (24).
A scholar of both academic and “social” institutions, Howard compiles over 50 years of research and educational endeavors into his latest study. We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know initiates a long-awaited discourse between the undiscerning white American and the oppressed person of “color”. Howard’s title suggests that his purpose involves an examination of the relationship between white teachers and their non-racist responsibilities in multicultural academic classrooms. Indeed, his concern for non-racist multicultural education traverses each subsequent chapter; however, because of the emotional defensiveness from which his text speaks and the assumed absurdity of being a white educator writing about white oppression, his perusal fails to maintain a critical analysis beyond the apologetic undertone of “white guilt”. His examination resultantly becomes ineffectual in delineating an authentic white identity and in validating white society’s participation in the multicultural affairs of education.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by Curtis E. Alston on February 22, 2010 - 6:03 am
Gary Howard really exposed the truth behind why many of our schools are not successful in reaching the needs of all students. The chapter on “Decoding the Dominance Paradigm” was my favorite chapter.
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by Rachel on February 22, 2010 - 8:00 am
I did not care for this book. I did not care for the conclusions that Gary Howard drew from his experiences in the 60’s. I thought the book was off center.
Rating: 2 / 5
#5 by C. Stidham on February 22, 2010 - 8:58 am
This book really did not cover what the title seemed to imply, the main point that the author seemed to try to be making is that of white dominance and how to overcome it. I didn’t read this book to learn about white dominance I wanted to learn more about how to teach what I don’t know. The author just stated things that I already knew instead of offering practical advice on how to teach multicultural students.
Rating: 1 / 5