I was informed, empowered, and inspired after reading Pedagogies for Diverse Learners: Tools for Discovery and Development! Full of stories and current research, the book illustrates the power and impact of student-centered learning and teaching. Pedagogies for Diverse Learners underscores the importance of centering the lived and historical experiences of diverse students to optimize their engagement, and ultimately their academic success. Every chapter offers a unique perspective and specific, practical pedagogies to ensure students thrive in school and in their future lives.
— Dr. Latanya Daniels, Ed.D, Assitant Superintendent, Richfield Public Schools
Pedagogies for Diverse Learners: Tools for Discovery and Development highlights a dance educators and students do during the teaching and learning process as it weaves together chapters focused on reclaiming Native youth, radical listening, identity, social change, and the meaning of pedagogies for diverse learners. Each chapter presented scenarios students and teachers face on a day-to-day basis as they uplift diverse perspectives and challenge the status quo. As Dr. Sarah Noonan eloquently said, “Professors and teachers stand in the middle of a continuum and feel the pull of planning lessons based on learner characteristics and needs on one end and teaching disciplinary knowledge, skills, and dispositions at the other end.” The constant tension that is highlighted throughout the book illustrates the complexities educators must address as they seek to teach and support students. It is this tension that sits with the reader throughout each chapter and allows one to appreciate the art and science of teaching.
— Dr. Kathlene Holmes Campbell, Ph.D, Cheif Executive Officer. National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR)
The 'secret sauce' of highly effective teachers involves nurturing student-teacher relationships and teacher engagement and energy which by doing so 'fosters learning environments filled with joy, engagement, purpose, and motivation.'
— Dr. Jason Wenschlag, Former Vice President of Academic Affairs, North Central University & Senior Consultant for the Intevation Group
This text is a tour de force in Educational Studies. If you believe that learning is essential to growth; this is your map.
— Dr. Duchess Harris, JD, Ph.D, Professor of American Studies, ACM-Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow, Macalester College