Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit, Herbert Kohl
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- ISBN: 1595580743
- Publisher: New Press, The
- Pub. Date: August 2006
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An updated edition of the classic revolutionary analysis of the role of race in the classroom.
Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award and Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic book award, and voted one of Teacher Magazine's "great books," Other People's Children has sold over 150,000 copies since its original hardcover publication. This anniversary edition features a new introduction by Delpit as well as new framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne.
In a radical analysis of contemporary classrooms, MacArthur Award-winning author Lisa Delpit develops ideas about ways teachers can be better "cultural transmitters" in the classroom, where prejudice, stereotypes, and cultural assumptions breed ineffective education. Delpit suggests that many academic problems attributed to children of color are actually the result of miscommunication, as primarily white teachers and "other people's children" struggle with the imbalance of power and the dynamics plaguing our system.
A new classic among educators, Other People's Children is a must-read for teachers, administrators, and parents striving to improve the quality of America's education system.
Biography
Lisa Delpit is an Eminent Scholar and Executive Director of the Center for Urban Education and Innovation at Florida International University in Miami, where she lives. Her work is dedicated to providing excellent education for marginalized communities in the United States and abroad. Herbert Kohl (afterword) is a recipient of the National Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He was the founder and first director of the Teachers and Writers Collaborative in New York City and established the PEN West Center in San Francisco, where he lives. He is the author of more than forty books, including the bestselling 36 Children and the classic "I Won't Learn from You" (The New Press).
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Mixed Feeling on Other Peoples Childrenby Anonymous
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10/30/2009: Lisa Delpit's book "Other People's Children" has an interesting opinion on education today. Delpit is able to dive into different cultures and explore their educating systems. Delpit's ideas are ones that challenge your ideas in education. The book gives you ways of teaching that would be conducive to all types of students. She focuses on ethnic children and issues they face in the classroom. Delpit is an educator who believes that you must know your students and care about their success in the classroom. She takes a close look at how you can better communicate with students no matter their backgrounds. Delpit knows the importance of the personal touch in the classroom. She spreads this knowledge in the book with the readers. Delpit raises ideas that ask you to move outside of your comfort zone and into the lives of the children in the classroom. We as readers are able to come to the realization of what are battles in the classroom and what are misunderstandings. She informs teachers there are ups and downs in the learning process. She gives the teachers examples on how to communicate with students who are productive in the classroom. Delpit covers the vital topic of communication. She explains that education and diversity does not stop with your students. You must also be able to educate your colleges. It is important to have diverse people decide how the students can be taught. You never know what insight one person may have on a particular topic. Delpit explains the severity of having this surety. This could be the difference between students who understand material being taught and students who are not successful in the class. While reading this book I feel that Delpit did not cover some topics are well as she could have. Delpit did not seem to be able to look at the range low and high achieve minority students. Delpit also sees to be attacking all teachers in the education field at times in this book. Delpit ask the question of why have things not improved and tries to push education in a new direction. Throughout Delpit's book she explains diversity in the classroom. I did not agree with everything that Delpit had to say throughout the book, but she was able to interest me in new ideas I had not addressed before. If you are look for a good educational read, with a controversial opinion then this is the book for you.
Other People's Children book reviewby cie
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10/30/2009: Lisa Delpit did a wonderful job explaining her experiences in a way that most people can easily understand. The book itself was very informational and interesting to read. Each chapter was different and explained the teaching methods found throughout different cultures. This information would help any future teacher in their classroom in regards to teaching techniques and how to teach students from different backgrounds. Lisa Delpit has been around the world witnessing different types of teaching methods that may be used in an everyday classroom. She then sat down and wrote a well worded book about it so we could experience her journey as well. I would recommend this book to anyone who was thinking about becoming a teacher; I would even recommend it to those who are already teaching. Her thoughts and ideas were well organized and put together in a manner that was easy to follow.
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