SEATTLE, WA (MMD Newswire) June 24, 2009 -- Planning for Effective & Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning: Strategies That Ensure Equity and High Achievement for All Students by Johnnie McKinley, Ed.D. aims to educate teachers on the importance of reflective decision-making to improve the academic performance of poor minorities. "When I began a doctoral program, I knew that I wanted to investigate the practices of teachers who had closed achievement gaps for African American students, a population that is, in many districts, the lowest performing student group," says McKinley.
McKinley says her 52-week planning book is designed as a quick reference tool that provides educators more than 180 strategies to be used in the classroom based on the five main factors in closing achievement gaps: effective, culturally responsive instruction; positive interpersonal relationships; cultural congruence in student backgrounds; constructive teacher attitudes and beliefs; and social activist approaches on racism.
Planning for Effective & Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning is the result of McKinley's research with 55 Seattle educators who successfully closed the achievement gaps. This research was nominated for the 2005 American Educational Research Association and National Staff Development Council Dissertation awards.
For more information or to request a free review copy, members of the press can contact the author at docjay05@yahoo.com. Planning for Effective & Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.
About the Author
Dr. Johnnie McKinley earned her Ed.D. in educational leadership with a cognate in business administration from Seattle University. She currently serves as adjunct professor in educational psychology at the College of Education at the University of Washington in Seattle and travels the United States as a presenter on school reform, safety and bias and fairness in the classroom. McKinley, a mother of three sons, lives in Seattle.
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