Diversity in College Classrooms

by Johns, Ann M.

• ISBN13: 9780472089444
• ISBN10: 0472089447
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

Summary

This collection of essays guides teachers to understanding and acknowledging the complexities of today's college students and offers real-world solutions. With the varied approaches and purposes of the chapters, diversity -- true to reality -- here is broadly defined and not neatly categorized. In combining research, theory, and the work of practitioners, Diversity in College Classrooms hopes to inspire educators with ideas for new classroom strategies to meet the needs of their diverse students. With a preface by Isidro Ortiz, this volume presents essays from several faculty of San Diego State University -- a place whose work on linked communities is well known. Contributors tackle such issues as student assessments and definitions of diversity, cooperative learning in the classroom, linguistic diversity, students with disabilities, developing accessible curricula in mathematics and science, and guidance on out-of-classroom experiences such as community-based service learning and encouraging students to become advocates for action in their own communities and beyond. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
General Issues and Questions
Cultural Diversity Courses: The Students' Perspectives	p. 7
Cross-Cultural Curricula: Four Case Studies	p. 25
Approaches for Diverse Classrooms
Culturally Relevant Strategies for the Classroom	p. 51
Using Portfolios in Classes with Diversity Content: Enabling Deep Learning, Student Awareness, and Effective Assessment	p. 73
Collaborative Learning in the Diverse Classroom	p. 96
Identifying and Accommodating Students with Disabilities	p. 114
Linguistic Diversity and Instructional Practices	p. 133
Faculty and Student Diversity: A Case Study	p. 152
Understanding Science: Social Construction and Student Engagement	p. 174
Teaching Mathematics in Our Multicultural World	p. 187
Outside the Classroom: Involving Students in the Campus and Community
Community-Based Service Learning: Actively Engaging the Other	p. 209
Cross-Cultural Experiential Learning	p. 232
Community Action: Students as Agents of Change	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 265
About the Authors	p. 293
Index	p. 299
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