Culturally Relevant Schools: Creating Positive Workplace Relationships and Preventing Intergroup Differences

by Madsen; Jean A.

• ISBN13: 9780415949965
• ISBN10: 0415949963
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-02
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

Schools are undergoing momentous challenges as they evolve from monocultural non-diverse contexts to ones that contain ethnically diverse, multilingual and economically poorer children. Increasing diversity among teachers and students is one of the most critical adaptive challenges facing schools. The intent of this book is to address issues of organizational culture and its relationships in creating inclusive schools. The authors provide teachers and school leaders concrete suggestions to address workplace relationships; to respond to intergroup conflict; to create positive exchanges among different ethnic groups of teachers; and to create a strategic process to address diversity issues.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
William B. Harvey
Acknowledgments	xiii
Preface	xv
Part I: Workplace Relationships and Intergroup Differences	1	(54)
Performance Pressures and Automatic Notice	9	(26)
Intergroup Differences and Group Boundaries: Implications for Inclusive Schools	35	(12)
Role Entrapment and the Glass Ceiling	47	(8)
Part II: Leadership Challenges in a Diverse Workplace: Understanding Intergroup Differences to Create Inclusive Schools	55	(52)
Principals' Perceptions of Intergroup Conflict: Implications for Creating Inclusive Schools	63	(20)
African American Leaders' Perceptions of Intergroup Conflict	83	(18)
Diversity Self-Efficacy: Concluding Thoughts	101	(6)
Part III: Leadership Using a Strategic Process	107	(32)
Leadership in Diverse Contexts: Toward a Theoretical Framework	113	(18)
Strategic Process to Develop Diversity Plans for Schools	131	(8)
Appendix A The African American Teacher and School Leader Studies	139	(18)
Appendix B Properties of Intergroup Conflict	157	(2)
Appendix C Leadership Competencies for Diverse Contexts	159	(6)
Appendix D Strategic Response to Diversity	165	(4)
References	169	(4)
Index	173