{"product_id":"9798216466369","title":"Misaligned Minds How Cultural Differences Complicate Teaching","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMisaligned Minds\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow Cultural Differences Complicate Teaching\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCornelius N. Grove\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Teaching \/ Methods \u0026amp; Strategies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMisaligned Minds\u003c\/b\u003e is a research-based book in the ethnology of education that examines what happens when teachers and students enter the classroom with fundamentally different expectations about learning, knowledge, and authority. Drawing on global anthropological research and seventy-six true classroom stories from published sources, the book explores how cultural patterns-particularly individualistic and communitarian values, knowledge-focused and learner-focused pedagogies, and analytic and holistic ways of thinking-can create “misaligned minds” that complicate teaching and learning. Written directly to U.S.-based educators, professors, and corporate trainers, it combines seven analytic chapters with four story-rich chapters to deepen understanding while offering practical strategies for transmitting knowledge more effectively to learners from diverse cultural, national, and community backgrounds. Moving beyond the typical focus of multicultural education, \u003ci\u003eMisaligned Minds\u003c\/i\u003e concentrates on the “hands” of teaching-equipping educators not just to value diversity, but to skillfully navigate the real interpersonal and pedagogical challenges that arise when culturally different students actually show up in their classrooms.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eCornelius N. Grove is a former classroom teacher, he earned an Ed.D. at Columbia University, then taught Cross-Cultural Problems in Classroom Communication to graduate students there.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216466369\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e360\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944617541772,"sku":"9798216466369","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_6f6a4ffd-5862-45ff-ab0d-acd4b89aa5a7.jpg?v=1786035889","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798216466369","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}