Coming to Class: Pedagogy and the Social Class of Teachers

by Alan Shepard, Gary Tate, John McMillan

Social class continues to be a powerful yet invisible regulator inside American colleges and universities. While the impact of college students' own backgrounds is well-studied, too little attention has been given to the social class histories of those who teach--and even less to the ways teachers' histories affect their relationships with students, who themselves are from a variety of class cultures. This important new book offers that insight...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0867094516
• ISBN13: 9780867094510
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary