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Title:

Achieving against the odds : how academics become teachers of diverse students / edited by Esther Kingston-Mann and Tim Sieber.

Publisher:

Temple University Press,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

xiii, 222 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

University of Massachusetts at Boston.
Minority college students--Boston--Boston--Case studies.
Multicultural education--Boston--Boston--Case studies.
College environment--Boston.--Boston.
Pluralism (Social sciences)

Other Authors:

Kingston-Mann, Esther.
Sieber, R. Timothy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction, Odd man out / Pancho Savery. Coming out and leading out : pedagogy beyond the closet / Kathleen M. Sands -- Three steps forward, one step back : dilemmas of upward mobility / Esther Kingston-Mann -- Learning to listen to students and oneself / Tim Sieber -- Language and cultural capital : reflections of a "junior" professor / Reyes Coll-Tellechea -- Racial problems in society and in the classroom / Castellano B. Turner -- Teaching (as) composing / Vivian Zamel -- Teaching, tenure, and institutional transformation : reflections on race, culture, and resilience at an urban public university / Peter Nien-chu Kiang -- Teaching American dreams/American realities : students' lives and faculty agendas / Lois Rudnick -- Teaching, learning, and judging : some reflections on the university and political legitimacy / Winston E. Langley -- Gender trouble in the gender course : managing and mismanaging conflict in the classroom / Estelle Disch -- Odd man out / Pancho Savery.

Series:

The new academy

ISBN:

9781566398510 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1566398517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781566398503 (cloth : alk. paper)
1566398509 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44676127

LCCN:

00060754

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)