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Geneva Gay
Professor emerita, University of Washington, Seattle
Geneva Gay is professor emerita in the College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle. She is the recipient of the AERA Division B (Curriculum Studies) Lifetime Achievement Award; Distinguished Scholar Award, presented by the Committee on the Role and Status of Minorities in Educational Research and Development of the American Educational Study Association; the Multicultural Educator Award, the first to be presented by the National Association of Multicultural Education; the W. E. B. Du Bois Distinguished Lecturer Award presented by the Extraordinary Interest Group on Research Emphasis on Black Education of the American Educational Research Association; and the Mary Anne Raywid Award for Distinguished Scholarship in the Field of Education presented by the Society of Professors of Education. She is nationally and internationally known for her scholarship in multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, staff development, classroom instruction, and culture and lea
Publisher Description
Geneva Gay is renowned for her contributions to multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, professional learning, and classroom instruction. Gay has made many important revisions to maintain her foundational, award-winning text relevant for today’s diverse student population, including: new research on culturally responsive teaching, a focus on a broader range of racial and ethnic groups, and consideration of additional issues related to early childhood education. Combining insights from multicultural education theory with real-life classroom stories, this manual demonstrates that all students will perform better on multiple measures of achievement when teaching is filtered through students’ own cultural experiences. This perennial bestseller continues to be the go-to resource for teacher professional learning and preservice courses.
A Choice Magazine recommended title.
“Inspiring! A book every educator should read. As one of the founders of the field of multicultural education, Gay has updated her exceptional resource for teache
What is Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT)?
Culturally responsive teaching was defined by Geneva Gay as "using the cultural characteristics, experiences, and perspectives of ethnically diverse students as conduits for teaching them more effectively".
Culturally responsive pedagogy is "a student-centered approach to teaching in which the students' unique cultural strengths are identified and nurtured to promote student achievement and a sense of well-being about the student's cultural place in the world. Culturally responsive pedagogy is divided into three practical dimensions: the institutional dimension, the personal dimension, and the instructional dimension" (Lynch).
Gay, Geneva. “Preparing for Culturally Responsive Teaching.” Journal of Educator Education 53, no. 2 ():
Lynch, M. "What is Culturally Responsive Pedagogy." The Advocate, 21 Apr ,
Educating for Equity and Excellence
“ Educating for Equity and Excellence illustrates how Geneva Gay’s work, over many decades, has provided detailed theory and practical implications essential to enacting equitable and excellent education for all students through culturally responsive teaching.”
—Teachers College Record
“This essay collection comprehensively centers a thorough analysis of culturally responsive teaching around Geneva Gay’s decades of pathbreaking multicultural theorizing, curriculum, and instructional research-to-practice. In addition to a thoroughly enchanting and affirming analysis of the might of ‘eternal Blackness’ within African American cultural expressiveness, another major contribution of this volume is its rigorous integration of the extensive foundational knowledge base that is so vital for preparing teachers and researchers to expand effective culturally pluralistic learning environments. Bravo!”
—Joyce E. King, Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning & Leadership, Georgia State University
“Dr. Geneva Gay’s Educati