Pedagogies for Diverse Learners - by Sarah J Noonan (Paperback)

About the Book

Pedagogies for Diverse Learners focuses on the learning and teaching strategies needed to maximize student engagement and the academic success of diverse high school and college students. During the pandemic and pivot to online learning, students experienced learning loss and ...

Book Synopsis

Pedagogies for Diverse Learners focuses on the learning and teaching strategies needed to maximize student engagement and the academic success of diverse high school and college students. During the pandemic and pivot to online learning, students experienced learning loss and gaps in their education. Ten key customizable strategies address the unique characteristics and needs of students. Students raise their expectations about their ability to succeed as well as routinely experience academic success using diverse pedagogies.

Review Quotes

I was informed, empowered, and inspired after reading Pedagogies for Diverse Learners: Tools for Discovery and Development! Full of stories and current research, the book illustrates the power and impact of student-centered learning and teaching. Pedagogies for Diverse Learners underscores the importance of centering the lived and historical experiences of diverse students to optimize their engagement, and ultimately their academic success. Every chapter offers a unique perspective and specific, practical pedagogies to ensure students thrive in school and in their future lives.

Pedagogies for Diverse Learners: Tools for Discovery and Development highlights a dance educators and students do during the teaching and learning process as it weaves together chapters focused on reclaiming Native youth, radical listening, identity, social change, and the meaning of pedagogies for diverse learners. Each chapter presented scenarios students and teachers face on a day-to-day basis as they uplift diverse perspectives and challenge the status quo. As Dr. Sarah Noonan eloquently said, "Professors and teachers stand in the middle of a continuum and feel the pull of planning lessons based on learner characteristics and needs on one end and teaching disciplinary knowledge, skills, and dispositions at the other end." The constant tension that is highlighted throughout the book illustrates the complexities educators must address as they seek to teach and support students. It is this tension that sits with the reader throughout each chapter and allows one to appreciate the art and science of teaching.

The 'secret sauce' of highly effective teachers involves nurturing student-teacher relationships and teacher engagement and energy which by doing so 'fosters learning environments filled with joy, engagement, purpose, and motivation.'

About the Author

Sarah J. Noonan, Ed.D., Professor Emerita, served as a K-12 teacher, state director of gifted education, assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools, associate professor in higher education and department chair, and executive fellow in the Department of Educational Leadership, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. Research and publications topics academic student procrastination, engaging pedagogy, and academic research and writing. To date Noonan has chaired 53 doctoral dissertations on leadership, culture, and change. Contact via sjnoonan@stthomas.edu.