Getting Culture
Incorporating Diversity Across the Curriculum
Regan A R Gurung editor Loreto R Prieto editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
Published:7th Jan '09
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Getting Culture serves as a valuable resource for educators and administrators seeking to enhance their understanding and implementation of diversity initiatives within academic settings. The book addresses the critical questions surrounding the education of students about cultural diversity and the elimination of cultural ignorance, stereotypes, and prejudice. It lays out a conceptual framework that distinguishes between teaching to a diverse audience and teaching about diversity itself, while also critiquing superficial approaches to cultural integration in the curriculum.
Subsequent chapters delve into practical strategies aimed at optimizing learning experiences for students from diverse backgrounds. The text emphasizes feminist educational principles that foster inclusive learning environments and highlights effective online teaching practices tailored for varied populations. This comprehensive approach equips faculty with the tools necessary to integrate diversity into existing courses or to develop new ones focused on these themes.
Moreover, the contributors share tested methods for addressing common misconceptions and resistance among students, as well as strategies for managing the emotional dynamics that can arise during discussions of diversity. The editors encourage readers to reflect on their teaching practices and to explore innovative ideas. Getting Culture not only supports faculty in their educational endeavors but also serves as a guide for department chairs and administrators in crafting and executing diversity initiatives effectively.
"All of the individual essays in this volume are quite useful and as a collection the volume is essential for faculty and administrators seeking to integrate diversity issues across the curriculum."
Jonathan David Lawrence, Canisius College
Teaching Theology and Religion
"Getting Culture, an edited volume with 31 short, easy-to-read chapters, frames itself as providing „best practices? in teaching about culture and infusing diversity into the higher education curriculum... this book can offer a wide variety of activity and assignment ideas in different contexts."
Educational Developers Caucus Resource Review
"The book is intended for faculty integrating diversity into existing courses and for anyone creating courses on diversity. The ideas and suggestions in the text can be incorporated into any class that includes a discussion of diversity issues or has a diverse student enrollment. The contributors offer pragmatic and tested ways of overcoming student misconceptions and resistance and for managing emotional responses that can be aroused by the discussion of diversity."
Rice Lake Chronotype
"provides a set of "best practices" for approaching the pedagogical challenges of teaching diversity... Recommended."
Choice
"This book offers practical advice and empirically proven best practices for teaching high school and college students about diversity. It outlines ways to overcome student misconceptions and resistance, and methods for managing emotional responses that can be aroused in discussions of diversity. The book opens with a conceptual framework, contrasting the integration of culture across the curriculum with tokenistic approaches. Subsequent chapters identify classroom practices. These chapters describe feminist principles of education that promote learning for all students, and address principles of effective on-line instruction for diverse populations. The book is intended for faculty and administrators in the design and implementation of diversity courses and initiatives."
Book News Inc.
"This volume's editors have compiled a set of wide-ranging tools for teaching about diversity among diverse student populations. Articles cover an array of topics, including general approaches to diversity education, specific exercises within and across disciplines, and strategies for coping with the stresses of teaching controversial topics. The collection offers guidance that is particularly valuable for those just beginning to incorporate diversity in the classroom and is pertinent to veteran teachers as well."
Diversity & Democracy (AAC&U)
ISBN: 9781579222802
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 498g
400 pages