Teaching to Change the World

Bought this for school. Got the job done.

Interesting and excellent resource

I read this for a class, and it is very long. There is a great deal of information in the book. It based around teaching from a multicultural perspective, as a critically reflective teacher. There are plenty of lesson ideas presented in the chapters, about how to get to know your students, and their funds of knowledge. The book is full of anecdotal evidence of teachers experiences attempting to teach from a social justice perspective. I think every teacher should read this, or a book like it. There is another book called Culturally Responsive Teaching by Geneva Gay, which also talks about teaching to multiple perspectives, and how to be a responsive, aring teacher. Most of the book is history, of education, learning theories, etc. So if you know all this already, you may find yourself skipping some of it.

I bought this book for my class. I ordered it used at the lowest price so it was a little damaged but it didnt bother me at all. The content of the book is basically just diversity in education (from the chapters I read, I didnt read the whole thing.)

The text itself is amazing, and is an invaluable source for all aspiring teachers, as well as current teachers. HOWEVER, trying to cite from the Kindle version has been really frustrating, as the page number stays at 516 even though there are a couple chapters more into the end of the text.

I purchased this in 'acceptable' use. All of the prefacing pages were missing, along with the first 6 pages of the first chapter. Personally I would not consider that to be acceptable.

This book is all over the place. The authors know their subject well, but they do not write concentrated chapters. Each chapter just goes into too many directions. It is like each chapter is its own book. This book is definitely not worth $80.

I dislike this book, the content and the writing. I disagree with the underlying ideology and I think it’s poorly written