Why Culture Counts

Why Culture Counts

Learn a four-step research-based program for differentiating instruction based on the cultural needs, beliefs, and values of diverse learners. The authors show you how to build teacher background knowledge; plan for differentiation; and differentiate context, content, process, product, and assessment. This book provides an opportunity for the education community to engage students at risk whom our schools have often failed.

• Create a culturally responsive classroom.
• Understand the difference between collectivist and individualist learners.
• Learn how to differentiate for context, content and product, process, and assessment.
• Discover how the brain processes learning tasks.
• Build resilience in students at risk.