Conflict Recovery

Cultural Humility and Civility in Education

Candice Dowd Barnes author Chayla Rutledge Slaton author Todd Scott Parker author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:18th Aug '20

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Conflict Recovery cover

K-12 schools and higher education institutions are experiencing steady racial and cultural shifts that are affecting interactions, relationships, and ultimately, school and student success. The lack of cultural humility and civility in these spaces create conditions for conflict to grow between the primary stakeholders. Conflict recovery is an approach to address the overall issue by engaging in reflection, renewal, and restoration of broken and bruised relationships. It is how one acknowledges their authenticity and cultural conditioning to inspire authentic interactions and relationship. The book begins by suggesting a reframing of how we conceptualize diversity and equity. Then, you explore the origins and intersection of cultural humility and civility and the importance of those concepts to support student success. There are opportunities to engage with the content through thought-provoking questions and you will follow how a fictitious school implements the concepts to support conflict recovery, especially when those conflicts are grounded in cultural biases and misunderstandings of others. The section half of the book is dedicated to the role of teacher, leader, counselor in K-12, and provides suggestions and ideas for higher education institutions to consider as they create policies, practices, and experiences that will allow students to further engage their cultural humility.

Our humanity challenges us as well as defines us. By "challenges us" I mean, it is only we humans who can define what humanity truly means, and how education supports our meaning. Here in this book we find the true meaning of humanity in cultural humility and in civility. -- Graeme Harper, PhD, dean, The Honors College, Oakland University; director, National Society for Minorities in Honors
In an environment of quick fixes and cookie-cutter approaches, this book is a thoughtful reflection on the complexity of addressing the real issues of inequality in schools. The research and analysis are very thorough, and the authors provide a thought-provoking road map for analyzing and acting upon the trauma that makes student achievement so difficult for some of our students. -- Anthony Muhammad, PhD, author and educational consultant
In this courageous and compelling book, authors’ Barnes, Slaton and Parker “walk the walk” of cultural humility and civility by effectively building the capacity for their readers to take the necessary steps towards co-creating truly welcoming and caring learning environments for all our kids. This book a “must-read” guide for developing the individual and institutional stamina necessary for our long walk together towards educational equity and inclusion. -- Donald Wood, executive director, Just Communities of Arkansas

ISBN: 9781475854374

Dimensions: 221mm x 155mm x 9mm

Weight: 213g

80 pages