(1994). A Course in the Psychology of Oppression: A Different Approach to Teaching about Diversity. Teaching of Psychology, v21 n1 p17-23 Feb. Presents a description of an undergraduate course, "Psychology of Oppression." Maintains that the course teaches an understanding of the factors that undermine the appreciation of multiculturalism and other forms of societal diversity. (CFR)…
(1990). Promoting Multicultural Dissertation Research in a Eurocentric University. American Behavioral Scientist, v34 n2 p181-87 Nov-Dec. Claims multicultural research strives for inclusion of populations, and viewpoints, creating problems of focus, methodology, and research designs. Argues graduate courses in Eurocentric universities do not address issues, themes, and methods of multicultural research. Notes that dissertation work on minorities receives marginal status. (NL)…
(1993). Black History and Cultural Empowerment: A Case Study. American Journal of Education, v101 n4 p331-58 Aug. Explores teaching African-American history as a form of African-American cultural empowerment, laying out arguments supporting this position and an alternative view. A case study of a school system shows how empowerment aspects of African-American history compete against other aspects of classroom practice as it examines how empowering African-American history is. (SLD)…
(1993). Holidays, Cultural Diversity, and the Public Culture. Social Studies and the Young Learner, v6 n2 p4-5,17 Nov-Dec. Asserts that celebration of holidays, long a significant aspect of elementary social studies, has been abandoned by many schools because of controversy. Argues that holidays serve important societal functions and are part of the public culture. Provides criteria for establishing school policies about holidays and their celebration. (CFR)…
(1994). Anti-Racist Staff Development for Teachers: Considerations of Race, Class, and Gender. Teaching and Teacher Education, v10 n2 p169-84 Mar. An antiracist staff development course for teachers can help sensitize teachers to the racial constructions of reality in their own lives, schools, curricula, and teacher-student interactions. The curriculum would offer teachers a framework for teaching against racism. The paper examines how issues of class and gender affect racism. (SM)…
(1993). The NCSS Columbian Quincentenary Statement: A Reply. Social Education, v57 n4 p156-59 Apr-May. Responds to criticisms of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Columbian Quincentenary Statement. States that the statement does not claim that North American multiculturalism began with Columbus. Asserts that U.S. history needs to be integrated closely with world history to help students understand the concept of world systems. (CFR)…
(1995). Contributing to the Cultural Dialogue: Sociological Analyses of Cultural Pluralism. Teaching Sociology, v23 n4 p331-40 Oct. Describes a classroom-based research project that focused on issues of cultural pluralism. Students interviewed foreign students living with U.S. host families as well as the families. They also examined student handbooks and orientation materials. Discusses the implementation and outcome of the project. (MJP)…
(1996). When Principle Meets Practice: Teachers' Contradictory Responses to Antiracist Education. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v42 n1 p19-33 Mar. Survey of 1,002 elementary and secondary school teachers from 5 Canadian urban school districts revealed that teachers' negative responses to antiracist education were based on commitment to traditional pedagogic concerns and on conservative views regarding politics, race, and antiracism. Despite expressed support, implementation of antiracist education has met with widespread reluctance. Contains 55 references. (Author/LP)…
(1999). Carter G. Woodson Book Awards. Social Education, v63 n4 p225-27 May-Jun. Presents the recipients of the 1999 Carter G. Woodson book awards that honor books focusing on ethnic minorities and race relations in a manner appropriate for young readers; the books cover topics that include the lives of Langston Hughes, Rosa Parks, and Ida B. Wells and the history of the Crow people. (CMK)…
(2001). Facilitating Cross-Cultural Online Discussion Groups: Implications for Practice. Distance Education, v22 n1 p151-67. Discusses research that examined the issues and challenges experienced by facilitators in cross-cultural group discussions in a Web conferencing program, using action research methods of data collection and analysis. Considers questioning, participation, interpersonal and group dynamics, facilitator expectations, and student expectations. (Author/LRW)…
(2006). Preventing Prejudice: A Guide for Counselors, Educators, and Parents, Second Edition. SAGE Publications (CA) This second edition has been completely revised and expanded to provide the most up-to-date and extensive coverage of prejudice and racism available. The new edition of this bestselling text presents a comprehensive overview of these topics and also includes practical tools for combating prejudice development in children, adolescents, and adults. It stresses the importance of critical role models; encourages healthy identity development; and offers field-tested tools. After a foreword (James M. Jones), the book is organized into 5 parts: (1) Prejudice and Racism: Prevalence and Consequences; (2) Racial, Biracial, Multiracial, and Lesbian and Gay Identity Development and the Multicultural Personality; (3) Proactive Roles in Reducing Prejudice; (4) Practical Exercises for Multicultural Awareness and Prejudice Reduction; and (5) Instruments and Resources for Prejudice Prevention Work. The following are appended: (1) The Quick Discrimination Index (QDI); (2) Multicultural Counseling… [Direct]
(1996). Engineering Curriculum Transformation Project (ECTP): An Evaluation of First-Year Initiatives. This report summarizes the Engineering Curriculum Transformation Project (ECTP) instituted at the University of Maryland during the 1995-1996 academic year. This initiative focused on facilitating the development of engineering course curricula based on diverse learning styles, more inclusive examples, and the incorporation of diversity and societal issues into the classroom. The report explores the following topics in depth: rationale for curriculum transformation, recruitment of participants, fall semester initiatives, spring semester implementation, program evaluation, preliminary outcomes, and plans for future initiatives in engineering curriculum transformation. Findings of various studies related to curriculum transformation suggested that the most effective structure for implementing the start-up initiative would be the conducting of intensive faculty seminars addressing curriculum change. During the Spring 1995 semester, information on ECTP was disseminated to engineering… [PDF]
(1996). Cultural Diversity in Catholic Schools: Challenges and Opportunities for Catholic Educators. This book examines sociocultural factors that affect teaching and learning in today's Catholic elementary and secondary schools. The first chapter, "Cultural Diversity: An Important but Problematic Issue," discusses how demographic and societal changes have created a greater need for cultural diversity in education, and stresses the ambiguities inherent in addressing this diversity. The second chapter, "The Success of Catholic Education: Impressive and Still Able To Be Better," recounts the success of Catholic schools in building community, outlines the sociocultural theory of learning, and highlights the challenges to developing culturally sensitive pedagogy and a welcoming school culture. This chapter also addresses the importance of recognizing the school's hidden curriculum, hiring an ethnically diverse faculty and staff, and being aware of aspects of institutional racism. The third chapter, "The Catholicity of Our Schools: Making the Gospel… [PDF]
(1995). Pour une ecole ouverte aux langues. Actes du Collogue organisi par le Centre de Contact Suisses-Immigres (CCSI) (Geneve, Suisse, le 19 novembre, 1994) = Toward a School Open to Languages. Proceedings of a Colloquium of the Centre de Contact Suisses-Immigres (CCSI) (Geneva, Switzerland, November 19, 1994). The proceedings of a Swiss conference on languages in education include: a brief preface about the conference topic; summaries in French, Albanian, German, English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese; background information on the conference; statistics on the home and community languages of Swiss elementary and secondary school students; the conference introduction, "Pour une education bilingue" (Toward Bilingual Education) presented by Anna Lietti; notes on parent language use in Albanian and Italian communities; teachers' perceptions of language use in Spanish, Portuguese, Bosnian, and Albanian communities; six research papers; text of a roundtable discussion concerning the challenge of opening schools to diverse languages; a conference summary; and a list of relevant journals. The papers include: "Une experience interculturelle a l'ecole primaire de la Chaud-de-Fonds" (a primary school experiment at Chaud-de-Fonds) (Philippe Moser); "Une experience d'eveil… [PDF]
(1992). Developing Lifelong Readers: Policies, Procedures, and Programs. Yearbook of the American Reading Forum, v12. Selected papers from the 1991 annual conference of the American Reading Forum are presented in this yearbook. The papers, which deal with issues regarding ways to develop and strengthen a society of active readers, address policies, procedures, and programs for the beginning child reader, the beginning adult reader, and a range of readers in between and beyond. Papers in the yearbook are: "Developing Problem Solving Environments to Prepare Teachers for Instruction of Diverse Learners" (Victoria J. Risko); "Reasons 'Effective' Strategies Are Not Used: Student's and Teacher's Explanations" (Richard J. Telfer and others); "Are Teachers Using Whole Language to Teach Reading: A National Perspective" (Patricia K. Smith); "Reading Recommendations for a Multi-Cultural Tomorrow" (Kathleen Evans and Terry Bratcher); "Lifelong Reading by Teachers as Bibliotherapy" (Don Lumpkin); "Scenes from a Classroom: Literature for Thinking about… [PDF]