"This book will teach pre-/in-service teachers to bring their full selves to the classroom, creating space for their students to do the same in an effort to de-standardize the current norms of the classroom while embracing what is good and modifying what doesnt work. This book will be unique in that its purpose will also be to: * focus specifically on Teachers (both those already in the classroom, in-service, and those preparing to enter for the first time, pre-service) and also serve as a useful tool for teacher educators, * explain core issues associated with curriculum design and instructional implementation, while moving forward with great emphasis on action-oriented solutions and strategies, * and examine concepts and issues that will ensure that pre-/in-service teachers will develop a toolbox of innovative approaches and strategies to co-creating a classroom culture and community that works for an increasingly diverse student body. This book will explain core issues associated with curriculum design and instructional implementation, while moving forward with great emphasis on action-oriented solutions and strategies. It will also examine concepts and issues that will ensure that pre-/in-service teachers will develop a toolbox of innovative approaches and strategies to co-creating a classroom culture and community that works for an increasingly diverse student body."--.