"This book adds to Margery Ginsberg’s body of work in the area of culture and motivation in ways that continue to invite practitioners into rich conversations about the role of culture in contemporary classrooms. Ginsberg anchors readers in theory about culture and motivation and offers practical tools to put that theory into action. The “Motivational Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching” allows teachers to truly respond to the complex, dynamic, and diverse cultures present in classrooms; this framework encourages teachers to learn about culture and t
"How can you work with classroom dynamics to increase your culturally diverse students’ investment in learning? In this theoretically sound and immensely practical guide, Margery Ginsberg offers teachers a clear framework loaded with wonderful hands-on activities that have the power to change how teachers and students relate to each other and to academic learning. This book is designed to enable teachers to unlock their students’ inner motivation and reach the students teachers find most challenging."
"Every educator wants their students to be excited to learn. Margery Ginsberg effectively blends theory and practice to illustrate how teachers can elicit the intrinsic motivation of all of their students, even in the most diverse classrooms. Anyone who wants to be a more effective teacher – at any grade level – needs to read this book!”
"In this book Margery Ginsberg provides us with a vision and framework to transform the learning experience for students and teaches to one in which both can flourish. Her use of classroom scenarios illuminates how students and teachers might experience the classroom environment differently but goes further to provide examples of how teachers might adopt practices to enhance student engagement.