The Theory and Practice of Culturally Relevant Education: A Synthesis of Research Across Content Areas

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 163-206

  Aronson, Brittany ^a   Laughter, Judson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

culturally relevant education; culturally relevant pedagogy; culturally responsive teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957880727     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: 19351046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654315582066     Document Type: Article

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