Teaching Culturally Diverse College Students in a Pluralistic Society

by Farmer, Vernon L.; Shepherd-Wynn, Evelyn

• ISBN13: 9781556053436
• ISBN10: 1556053436
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Wyndham Hall Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Vernon L. Farmer
Acknowledgments	x
African American Students Perceptions of Remedial Postsecondary Programs in Higher Education Institutions: Implications for Effective Pedagogy	1	(35)
Deborah B. Smith
Faculty Development: Responding to a Changing Clientele	36	(11)
Ernesta P. Pendleton
Maximizing Student Learning Through the Utilization of Learning Styles	47	(14)
Rebecca S. Metzger
Employing Collaborative Learning Across Disciplines to Enhance Teaching and Learning	61	(23)
Erelyn Shepherd-Wynn
Neari F. Warner
Vernon L. Farmer
Developmental Education and 21st Century Skills: Teaching and Learning Through Technology	84	(23)
Augusta A. Clark
Felicie M. Barnes
Using Relevant Pedagogy: Recognizing Student Diversity to Enrich Learning Science in the College Classroom	107	(12)
Marilyn M. Irving
Leon A. Dickson, Jr.
Preparing College Faculty to Understand the Writing Limitations of ESL Students	119	(16)
Claire Y. Rolnik
Ana Hnat
Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness to Improve Student Learning	135	(29)
Clayton J. Arceneaux
Training Preservice Teachers to Integrate Traditional and Nontraditional Teaching Strategies in the Classroom	164	(37)
Glenda Smith Starr
Retaining College Students Who Have Experienced Academic Failure	201	(11)
Jesse B. Harris, Jr.
Research and Evaluation of Culturally Diverse College Students Academic Performance	212	(10)
Wilton A. Barham
Spiritualism and Community: New Dimensions Educational Reform	222	(17)
Elizabeth K. Davenport
Afterword	239	(1)
Erelyn Shepherd-Wynn
Notes About the Lead Authors and Other Contributing Authors	240	(3)
References	243	(50)
Index	293