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100+ Educational Strategies to Teach Children of Color

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This is a wonderful little book. I really enjoy reading all of Dr. Kunjufu books because he does not try to pack too much material into his books. He does a great job of writing in simple language and making the information easy to read and digest. I have read many of his other books and I have been reading them for many years. I will review some of the older classics later. The favorite part of this offering for me is the first part of the book where he lays the framework. The reason why I say this is the best part of the book because it presents the foundation as to why children of color are struggling in the school system. Children of color are different. Their culture is different. Their learning styles are different. This has to be acknowledged. Once you understand this premise developing strategies for teaching them is easy. Kunjufu does a great job in making this case. He then goes on to give strategies for teaching children of color in the areas of bonding, décor, motivation, history, language arts, math and science, discipline, males hip hop, and pedagogy. Make no mistake there is much valuable information that can and should be utilized by any teacher who is attempting to teach children of color. What is annoying is this has to actually be said. If you set up your curriculum to be effective for children of color and your objective was to educate European-American children would you be surprised if they struggled? This book can serve as an excellent handbook for teaching children of color and I highly recommend it.

I am not an advid reader but when this book came in the mail to our school, I flipped through it and was totally captivated by what Dr. Kunjufu was saying. It is straightforward and very easy reading. A child could understand and implement these simple strategies. While I don't agree 100% with all the strategies in this book, I do believe if educators would consider the important truths written here, light bulbs will begin to go off in their brain and they will see that "problem student" in a different light and be able to effectively reach and teach that student. This book should be in the hands of every educator of ethnic children.

Different upbringing brings different educational needs. "100+ Educational Strategies To Teach Children of Color" is a guide to dealing with students of color and their special needs versus other students. With guides on understanding cultural differences and using it to motivate students as well as countless other tips and advice for teachers on dealing with problems that would arise with students of color that would not typically arise otherwise. "100+ Educational Strategies to Teach Children of Color" is a solid book for any educator.

very straight forward, true to title and author style. several references to other publications (by kunjufu himself) for details. but good primer to get your wheels turning in other directions to help children (and yourself) in the classroom.

I was quite disappointed in this book and it's overall idea that children of color are at some disadvantage if they are taught by white female teachers. His point is understood if we were talking about african-american children. In the 20+ years I've been teaching I have only had 12 children from Africa in my classrooms. It's interesting that he throws Hispanic students into the mix. What about the Asian or Indian or the various other cultures that make up the schools in America? Why does it always have to be about race. The entire first chapter of the book should be handed out to each black couple thinking about having a baby. Learning about your culture begins in the home. Building a better home environment, and taking responsibility for raising that child would be better strategies to focus all his energy on in this book. Each year I have one-two black students whose parents inform me that the child may be nervous because this is the first time they've been around "real" white people!! Am I to assume "they don't see color" either. These are the parents who refuse to get a library card yet they have the Jet and Ebony magazines on the coffee table, and the TV on BET. Black neighborhoods, homes, churches, retail shops, grocery stores tell me all I need to know about what their teaching their children when it comes to diversity, tolerance, and making sense of the world they live in. I choose to believe that one day these children will move out of the neighborhood and into society. I do agree with the author about denial. I hear so much of it from black parents. It's so much easier to come into the school and gripe about what the child is not learning or how they are being taught. Enough with the excuses.