Challenges of Multicultural Education: Teaching and Taking Diversity Courses

by Peters-Davis,Norah

• ISBN13: 9781594511073
• ISBN10: 1594511071
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-03-15
• 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
Introduction: Pluralism, Power, and Politics---Discourses of Diverse Pedagogies and Pedagogies of Diversity	1	(19)
Sharon M. Ravitch
Dialogue on Diversity Teaching: Reflections on Research, Pedagogy, and Passion for Social Justice	20	(19)
Katherine M. Acosta
Helen A. Moore
Gary K. Perry
Crystal Edwards
From Silence and Resistance to Tongues Untied: Talking about Race in the College Classroom	39	(15)
Branden Cote
Keenon Javon Mann
Hattie Latrece Mukombe
Christina Medina Bach Nielsen
Ana-Maria Gonzalez Wahl
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
Megan Reynolds
The Racial Experiment	72	(8)
Susan C. Warner
Millicent Mickle
Starting with a Story and Sharing the Discussion Leading: Tools and Tasks That Help in a Classroom Dealing with Diversity---Stumbling into an Affirmation of Feminist Pedagogy	80	(8)
Leah Collum
Janet Huber Lowery
Irritating, Supporting, and Representing: Reflections of Faculty and Students of Color	88	(15)
Ana Maria Garcia
Angela R. Gillem
Dana Szwajkowski
Lillian West
Identity Matters in Class: Conversations in Mixed Company	103	(18)
Jody Cohen
Emily Hayes
Natalie Inozil
Sarah Mendell
Prerna Srivastava
Critical Multicultural Teacher Reflections: Counternarratives to Images of the White Male Blockhead	121	(27)
Sharon M. Ravitch
R. Reed Roeser
Brian J. Girard
What Lies Beneath: Critical Dialogue for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy	148	(11)
Ayala Younger
Bill Rosenthal
Epilogue: Where Do We Go from Here?	159	(10)
Norah Peters-Davis
Jeffrey Shultz
Index	169