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Women of Color teaching students of Color: Creating an effective classroom climate through caring, challenging, and consulting
Author(s) -
Saavedra Dora E.,
Saavedra Marisa L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.276
Subject(s) - women of color , classroom climate , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , mathematics education , sociology , medicine , gender studies , race (biology)
Being a Hispanic female faculty member in South Texas can be a challenge. This chapter discusses three pedagogical tools (caring, challenging, and consulting) that we use to create a classroom climate that enhances Hispanic students' success by engaging and motivating them to succeed in one of the poorest areas of the country.