Title:
Brooklyn dreams : my life in public education / Sonia Nieto.
Author:
Nieto, Sonia, author.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2015]
©2015
Call Number:
LA2317.N54 A3 2015
Abstract:
In Brooklyn Dreams, Soma Nieto-one of the leading authors and teachers in the field of multicultural education-looks back, on her formative experiences as a student, activist, and educator, and shows how they reflect and illuminate the themes of her life's work.
ISBN:
9781612508566
9781612508573
Physical Description:
iv, 268 pages ; 23 cm
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Contents:
Part I. Growing up. Chapter 1. From La Isla del Encanto to the streets of Brooklyn ; Chapter 2. PS 55: Learning English, learning school ; Chapter 3. JHS 246: Ascent to the mddle cass ; Chapter 4. Erasmus Hall: Nanvigating adolescence and identity ; Chapter 5. St. John's University: New friends, new horizons -- Part II. Becoming an educator. Chapter 6. NYU: Interlude in Spain ; Chapter 7. JHS 178: The first year of teaching ; Chapter 8. PS 25: The bilingual school: ¡Somos Pioneros! ; Chapter 9. Brooklyn College: An activist in accidentia ; Chapter 10. UMass and the Che-Lumumba School: Learning to "read the world" -- Part III. Research and writing. Chapter 11. Life as a professor -- Chapter 12. Affirming diversity and beyond.
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