Challenges of Multicultural Education: Teaching and Taking Diversity Courses

by Peters-Davis,Norah

• ISBN13: 9781594511066
• ISBN10: 1594511063
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Editors' Preface	vii
1. Introduction: Pluralism, Power, and Politics: Discourses of Diverse Pedagogies and Pedagogies of Diversity	1	(19)
Sharon M. Ravitch
2. Dialogue on Diversity Teaching: Reflections on Research, Pedagogy, and Passion for Social Justice	20	(19)
Katherine M. Acosta, Helen A. Moore, Gary K Perry, and Crystal Edwards
3. From Silence and Resistance to Tongues Untied: Talking about Race in the College Classroom	39	(15)
Branden Coté, Keenon Javon Mann, Hattie Latrece Mukombe, Christina Medina Bach Nielsen, and Ana-Maria Gonzalez Wahl
4. Making Race Matter on Campus: Teaching and Learning about Race in the "Whitest State in the Union"	54	(18)
Jarl Ahlkvist, Peter Spitzform, Emily Jones, and Megan Reynolds
5. The Racial Experiment
Susan C. Warner and Millicent Mickle	72	(8)
6. Starting with a Story and Sharing the Discussion Leading: Tools and Tasks That Help in a Classroom Dealing with Diversity	80	(8)
Stumbling into an Affirmation of Feminist Pedagogy
Leah Collum and Janet Huber Lowry
7. Irritating, Supporting, and Representing: Reflections of Faculty and Students of Color	88	(15)
Ana Maria Garcia, Angela R. Gillem, Dana Szwajkowski, and Lillian West
8. Identity Matters in Class: Conversations in Mixed Company	103	(18)
Jody Cohen, Emily Hayes, Natalie Inozil, Sarah Mendell, and Prerna Srivastava
9. Critical Multicultural Teacher Reflections: Counternarratives to Images of the White Male Blockhead	121	(27)
Sharon M. Ravitch, R. Reed Roeser, and Brian J. Girard
10. What Lies Beneath: Critical Dialogue for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy	148	(11)
Ayala Younger and Bill Rosenthal
Epilogue: Where Do We Go from Here?	159	(10)
Norah Peters-Davisand Jeffrey Shultz
Index	169