Biography driven instruction

Contents

Foreword Geneva Gay vii
Preface: My Life, My Work ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1

1 The Foundations of Biography-Driven Instruction 4
The Influence of Politics on CLD Student Education 5
Access Denied: Limiting Programs for CLD Learners 6
What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Everything 8
The Foundations of Biography-Driven Instruction 9
Charting the Course Toward Liberatory Practices 9
I Need You, and You Need Me: Learning as a Social Practice 12
Teaching and Learning in the Third Space 14
Research Into How the Brain Learns 14
Making It Happen!

How This Book Can Guide Next Steps 17

2 Biography-Driven Instruction 18
Biopsychosocial History 19
Confronting Our Reality: Invisible External and Internal Forces 20
The CLD Student Biography 27
The Sociocultural Dimension 27
Reflections on the Sociocultural Dimension 33

3 Language of the Heart 35
The Linguistic Dimension 35
Reflections on the Linguistic Dimension