Geneva Gay

Geneva Gay is a professor of education at the University of Washington-Seattle, where she teaches multicultural education and general curriculum theory. She is nationally and internationally known for her scholarship in multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, staff development, classroom instruction and intersections of culture, race, ethnicity, teaching and learning. She has written a number of books and book chapters, including the book Culturally Responsive Teaching. She works with Scott Foresman as a member of the authorship team for its New Elementary Social Studies Series.

Assets created by Geneva Gay

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Cultural Differences and Misbehavior Geneva Gay points out that differences in culture often "grate" on one another and can lead to misbehavior or to the way misbehavior is defined.
Definition of Culture Culture includes forms such as rites, rituals, legends, myths, artifacts, symbols, language, ceremonies, and history.
Examining Presumptions Geneva Gay thinks that teachers must interrupt their taken for granted assumptions about race and think reflectively and critically about their own...
Goals of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Geneva Gay defines "culture" and the chief goals of culturally relevant pedagogy.
More Variables on the Cultural Continuum Additional identity variables expression on the continuum of culture
Variables on the Cultural Continuum Geneva Gay describes a continuum along which members of any culture express their cultural identities in individual ways.
Variations Within Group Cultures Geneva Gay argues that cultural generalizations are useful as a baseline frame of reference bit that they should not obscure variations within group...