MIT: Weaving the Web of Democracy

Spring 2006 Reading List

NOTE CLARIFICATION BELOW FOR SECONDARY SCIENCE FOLKS:

Everyone

1. Tatum, B. (2003). "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"  Basic Books; 5th Anniversary Revised edition. ISBN: 0465083617. PAPERBACK

2. Hunter, J.  (1992). Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America . Basic Books, Reprint edition.  ISBN: 0465015344.  PAPERBACK.

3. Pang, V.  (1998).  Struggling to Be Heard: The Unmet Needs of Asian Pacific American Children. ISBN: 0791438406.  PAPERBACK.

4. Valenzuela, A. (1999).  Subtractive Schooling: U.S. Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring.  State University of New York Press. ISBN: 0791443221.  PAPERBACK.

5. Klug, B.  (2002).  Widening the Circle: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for American Indian Children. RoutledgeFalmer. ISBN: 0415935113. PAPERBACK.

6. Igoa, C.  (1995).  The Inner World of the Immigrant Child. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN: 0805880135. PAPERBACK.

7. Zemelman, S., Daniels, H., & Hyde, A. (2005).  Best Practice, Third Edition: Today's Standards for Teaching and Learning in America's Schools. Heinemann. ISBN: 0325007446

8.  Wolfgang, C. (2004).  Solving Discipline and Classroom Management Problems: Methods and Models for Today's Teachers, 6th Edition.  John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 047165387X. PAPERBACK.

You will read one of the following books for jigsaw seminar :  

ANITA'S SEMINAR:  Orenstein, P. (1995). Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self Esteem, and the Confidence Gap. Anchor. ISBN: 0385425767. PAPERBACK.

SONJA'S SEMINAR:  Timimi, S. (2005). Naughty Boys: Anti-Social Behavior, ADHD, and the Role of Culture. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 140394511X.  PAPERBACK.

SHERRY'S SEMINAR: Perrotti, J. (2002) When the Drama Club is Not Enough: Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students. Beacon Press. ISBN: 0807031313.  PAPERBACK

Elementary Science Grade band

1.  Harlen, W. (2001). Primary science: Taking the plunge. Portsmouth , NH : Heinemann. ISBN # 0-325-00386-6.  PAPERBACK.

2.  Campbell , B. & Fulton, L. (2003). Science notebooks: Writing about inquiry. Portsmouth , NH : Heinemann. ISBN # 0-325-00568-0.  PAPERBACK.

Elementary and Secondary Science folks

3   How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom. M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors , Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers, National Research Council

This text is downloadable free online. The bookstore would not order it since you could get it for free. However, you can purchase this book online by following the “read” buttons. http://lab.nap.edu/nap-cgi/discover.cgi?term=How+students+learn+science

Secondary English

1. Weaver, C. (1996).  Teaching Grammar in Context. Heinemann. ISBN: 0867093757.

2. Atwell, Nancie.  (1998).  In the Middle.  New Understanding About Writing, Reading , and Learning.  Second Edition.  Boynton/Cook.  ISBN# 0-86709-374-9.

3. Daniels, Harvey .  (1994). Literature Circles:  Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered Classroom.  Stenhouse. ISBN: 1571100008.

Secondary Social Studies

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