Challenges of Multicultural Education: Teaching and Taking Diversity Courses

by Norah Peters-Davis, Jeffrey Shultz

Overview

The voices of college students and teachers vividly enlighten readers about the real-world challenges of multicultural education. Courses on diversity abound in American universities today. But open classroom discussion of racial and gender differences can evoke discomfort as much as new understandings. Negotiating these courses takes a toll on both faculty and students as classrooms become filled with emotion. Based on student and teacher experience in a range of American colleges and universities, this book shows how to meet these challenges and create a truly open and beneficial environment. The authors demonstrate pedagogical strategies and new approaches. A vital resource for teachers, students, college administrators, and university libraries. Contents: Introduction. Dialogue on Diversity Teaching. From Silence and Resistance to Tongues Untied. The Racial Experiment. Starting with a Story and Sharing the Discussion Leading. Irritating, Supporting & Representing. Identity Matters in Class. What Lies Beneath. Conclusion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317262640
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/03/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	182
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Norah Peters-Davis, Jeffrey Shultz

Table of Contents

Chapter One Introduction, Sharon M. Ravitch; Chapter Two Dialogue on Diversity Teaching, Katherine M. Acosta, Helen A. Moore, Gary K. Perry, Crystal Edwards; Chapter Three From Silence and Resistance to Tongues Untied, Branden Coté, Keenon Javon Mann, Hattie Latrece Mukombe, Christina Medina Bach Nielsen, Ana-María Gonzalez Wahl; Chapter Four Making Race Matter on Campus, Jarl Ahlkvist, Peter Spitzform, Emily Jones, Megan Reynolds; Chapter Five The Racial Experiment, Susan C. Warner, Millicent Mickle; Chapter Six Starting with a Story and Sharing the Discussion Leading, Leah Collum, Janet Huber Lowry; Chapter Seven Irritating, Supporting, and Representing, Ana María García, Angela R. Gillem, Dana Szwajkowski, Lillian West; Chapter Eight Identity Matters in Class, Jody Cohen, Emily Hayes, Natalie Inozil, Sarah Mendell, Prerna Srivastava; Chapter Nine Critical Multicultural Teacher Reflections, Sharon M. Ravitch, R. Reed Roeser, Brian J. Girard; Chapter Ten What Lies Beneath, Ayala Younger, Bill Rosenthal; epi Epilogue, Norah Peters-Davis, Jeffrey Shultz;

Editorial Reviews

"A first-of-a-kind book for all educators working for real democracy in an increasingly multicultural society. Three dozen faculty and students at colleges from the East Coast to the Southwest provide real-world accounts of using critical multiculturalism strategies in the classroom. Enlightened by extensive collaboration and innovative experimentation, they offer concrete advice on teaching diverse, often naïve students about difficult matters of stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, and conflict. These savvy educators press us all to implement a critical college-level pedagogy that takes sexism, racism, classism, and homophobia seriously."

-Joe R. Feagin, Ella C. McFadden Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University and author of The Agony of Education and Liberation Sociology.

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