American Pluralism And The College Curriculum

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Association of American Colleges & Universities
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015063250495

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American Pluralism and the College Curriculum by Anonim Pdf

This document discusses higher education's current debate about emphasizing diversity in the curriculum as part of the academy's continuing engagement with the wider society and with fundamental societal questions. The introduction suggests that the academy stakes its claims to leadership and service on a continuous engagement with nonacademic issues whose outcome will significantly affect individual lives. Chapter 1 discusses the importance of paying attention to differences as certain differences correlate with differential power in American society. Chapter 2 discusses the place of multiculturalism in the college curriculum. Chapter 3 discusses the two predominant traditional curricular strategies--the dedicated course and development of critical thinking abilities--and discusses the shift from "Western Civilization" courses to the study of "World Cultures." Chapter 4 addresses inclusion of values of diversity and democracy in the college curriculum in a discussion of educational premises and curricular strategies. Chapter 5 presents curricular recommendations relating to study of: (1) one's own traditions; (2) American pluralism and justice; (3) experiences in justice seeking; and (4) multicultural and relational pluralism within the major. The concluding chapter issues an invitation to colleges around the country to discuss these recommendations in groups reflecting the range of American diversities. (Contains 16 references.) (CK)

Author : Madelon D. Stent,William R. Hazard,Harry Nathaniel Rivlin
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015054060564

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Cultural Pluralism in Education: a Mandate for Change by Madelon D. Stent,William R. Hazard,Harry Nathaniel Rivlin Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:30000006323368

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Ehrlich
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781573565639

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Civic Responsibility and Higher Education by Thomas Ehrlich Pdf

More than a century ago, John Dewey challenged the education community to look to civic involvement for the betterment of both community and campus. Today, the challenge remains. In his landmark book, editor Thomas Ehrlich has collected essays from national leaders who have focused on civic responsibility and higher education. Imparting both philosophy and working example, Ehrlich provides the inspiration for innovative new programs in this essential area of learning.

Author : Ashley Rogers Berner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137502247

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Pluralism and American Public Education by Ashley Rogers Berner Pdf

This book argues that the structure of public education is a key factor in the failure of America's public education system to fulfill the intellectual, civic, and moral aims for which it was created. The book challenges the philosophical basis for the traditional common school model and defends the educational pluralism that most liberal democracies enjoy. Berner provides a unique theoretical pathway that is neither libertarian nor state-focused and a pragmatic pathway that avoids the winner-takes-all approach of many contemporary debates about education. For the first time in nearly one hundred fifty years, changing the underlying structure of America’s public education system is both plausible and possible, and this book attempts to set out why and how.

Author : N. Kindelan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137008510

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Artistic Literacy by N. Kindelan Pdf

Exploring the ways undergraduate theatre programs can play a significant role in accomplishing the aims and learning outcomes of a contemporary liberal education, Kindelan argues that theatre's signature pedagogy helps all undergraduates become actively engaged in developing critical and value-focused skills.

Author : Anna M. Ortiz,Silvia J. Santos
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000980011

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Ethnicity in College by Anna M. Ortiz,Silvia J. Santos Pdf

This book explores the importance, and construction, of ethnic identity among college students, and how ethnicity interfaces with students’ interactions on campus, and the communities in which they live. Based on qualitative interviews with White, Latina/o, African American and Asian students, it captures both the college context and the individual experiences students have with their ethnicity, through the immediacy of the students’ own voices.The authors observe how students negotiate their ethnic identity within the process of becoming adults. They identify the influences of family, the importance of socio-historical forces that surround students’ educational experiences, and the critical role of peers in students’ ethnic identity development. While research has begun to document the positive outcomes associated with diverse learning environments, this study emphasizes and more closely delineates, just how these outcomes come to be. In addition, the study reveals how the freedom to express and develop ethnic identity, which multicultural environments ideally support, promotes student confidence and achievement in ways which students themselves can articulate. This work is distinctive in eschewing an ethnic minority perspective through which Whites are the primary reference group, and the standard from which all ethnic and racial identity processes evolve; as well as in considering the influences that growing up in a multi-ethnic context may have on ethnic identity processes, particularly where the “other” is not White. This perspective is particularly important at a time when students entering universities are more likely to come from highly segregated high school environments, and will confront ethnic and social differences for the first time in college.This book is intended as a resource for researchers and practitioners in psychology and higher education. It offers insights for student affairs and higher education administrators and leaders about the ways in which their campus policies and practices can positively influence the development of more supportive campus climates that draw on the strengths of each ethnic group to create an overarching pluralistic culture. It can also serve as a cultural diversity text for upper division or graduate courses on pluralism. Moreover, understanding students’ ethnic identity, their personal growth, and adjustment to college, it is central to preparing individuals for life in a pluralistic society.

Author : Donna M. Gollnick,Philip C. Chinn
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015054292878

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Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society by Donna M. Gollnick,Philip C. Chinn Pdf

For undergraduate and graduate courses in Multicultural Education and Cultural Foundations. This well-respected text helps students understand pluralism and the complexities of cultural backgrounds and how to use this knowledge successfully in the classroom. It appropriately describes seven critical microcultures to which students and teachers belong: class; ethnicity and race; gender; exceptionality; religion; language; and age. These microcultures form the foundation for understanding pluralism and multicultural education. Although this version has many new additions, the authors' goal remains the same to help teachers deliver an equitable education for all students.

Author : Jamillah Moore
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 0786419849

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Race and College Admissions by Jamillah Moore Pdf

Affirmative action was meant to redress the lingering vestiges of the discrimination and exclusion so prominent in America's past and afford underrepresented groups the opportunities most take for granted. Its impact on higher learning has been immeasurable: diversity is part of the mission of most colleges and universities, and exposure to a variety of ethnicities, cultures and perspectives benefits all. Yet institutions are scrambling to reevaluate their mission and methods as courts mandate colorblind admissions and affirmative action is misconstrued and attacked as reverse discrimination, patronizing and insulting to minorities, or simply unnecessary. Diversity has plummeted on many campuses as a result, and elite institutions now struggle to enroll underrepresented groups. Discussions of the controversy reflect little understanding of the role of race in college admissions, ignore the fact that eligibility does not guarantee admission, and falsely cast affirmative action as a policy based on race alone. This assessment of the role of race in college admissions examines misconceptions surrounding affirmative action and the place of race in the admission process. Chapters explore declining diversity; the effect upon professional schools; the historical perspective of the subject; the courts' role in affirmative action; inequities in the admissions process; percentage plans as an alternative; the detrimental results of "colorblind" admissions; and ways to address the problem.

Author : Marcia B. Baxter Magolda,Patricia M. King
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000981278

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Learning Partnerships by Marcia B. Baxter Magolda,Patricia M. King Pdf

While a common goal of higher education is to improve student learning to prepare young adults for the professional, civic and personal challenges of their lives, few institutions have a model to facilitate these outcomes. Learning Partnerships offers a grounded theory and practical examples of how these objectives can be achieved at the college course, program, and institutional levels.The book takes as its foundation Marcia Baxter Magolda’s "Learning Partnerships Model" based on her seventeen-year longitudinal study of young adults’ learning and development from their undergraduate years through their thirties. Based on nearly a thousand participant narratives, the model offers an empirically grounded yet flexible approach to promote "self-authorship." Marcia Baxter Magolda describes the nature of self-authorship--its centrality to the learning goals of cognitive maturity, an integrated identity, mature relationships, and effective citizenship--and the Model.The book then documents examples of actual practice and the learning outcomes they have yielded. The settings include community college and undergraduate courses, exchange and internship programs, residential life, a Masters’ program, faculty development and student affairs organization.Learning Partnerships offers models for all educators--faculty and student affairs staff alike--who work to balance guidance and learner responsibility to prepare students for the complexity of the twenty-first century.

Author : Amanda Moore McBride,Eric Mlyn
Publisher : Campus Compact
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781945459238

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Connecting Civic Engagement and Social Innovation by Amanda Moore McBride,Eric Mlyn Pdf

This book offers a much-needed appraisal of two key social change movements within higher education: civic engagement and social innovation. The authors critically explore the historical and contemporary contexts as well as democratic foundations (or absence thereof) of both approaches, concluding with a discussion of possible future directions that may make the approaches more effective in fulfilling the broader democratic mission of U.S. higher education. This is an essential resource for those in higher education who wish to promote and advance social change, as it provides an opportunity to critically examine where we are with our civic engagement and social innovation approaches and what we might do to best realize their promise through changes in our educational processes, pedagogical strategies, evaluation metrics, and outcomes.

Author : Melanie E. L. Bush
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780742599970

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Everyday Forms of Whiteness by Melanie E. L. Bush Pdf

The second edition of Melanie Bush's acclaimed Everyday Forms of Whiteness looks at the often-unseen ways racism impacts our lives. The author has interviewed and surveyed hundreds of college students and reveals that even though we talk as thoughwe live in a "post-racial" world after the election of Barack Obama, racism is still very much a factor in everyday life. The second edition incorporates new data and interviews to show how the everyday thinking of ordinary people contributes to the perpetuation of systemic racialized inequality. The book introduces key terms for the study for race and ethnicity, reveals the mechanisms that support the racial hierarchy in U.S. society, then outlines ways we can challenge long-standing patterns of racialinequality.

Author : Melanie E. L. Bush
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0742528642

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Breaking the Code of Good Intentions by Melanie E. L. Bush Pdf

Breaking the Code of Good Intentions places the current-day white experience within a political, economic and social context by exploring the perceptions of students about identity, privilege, democracy, intergroup relations. This book documents how the everyday thinking of ordinary people contributes to the perpetuation of systemic racialized inequality and identifies opportunities to challenge these patterns, with particular recommendations for the educational system of the twenty-first century. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author : Betty Overton,Penny A. Pasque,John C. Burkhardt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000981247

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Engaged Research and Practice by Betty Overton,Penny A. Pasque,John C. Burkhardt Pdf

What practices can researchers use to gain a more nuanced understanding of educational issues in the community and be part of the solution to those issues?Engaged Research and Practice is about two prevailing and complementary ideas that have surfaced in the higher education arena: engaged research and higher education for the public good. Engaged research is scholarship that not only attempts to open up new knowledge, but it does so with a sense that the new knowledge, insight and directions have a direct relationship to needs and problems within our communities, institutions, and policy arenas. Engaged, actionable, or participatory research and scholarship attempts to tackle the identified issues of our communities and society. This handbook offers important insights and tangible examples of how higher education leaders may work directly with communities and in policy settings to understand the deeper meanings often lost in conversations about educational opportunity. Each chapter addresses the ways in which faculty, community and administrative leaders may connect research and practice through unique research projects. The authors offer clear explanations of "how" their engaged research was conducted to illustrate explicit pathways for practitioners. This book also includes short narratives where authors involved with this research reflect on their experiences and the lessons they have learned while immersed in community and policy related work.

Author : Nancy G. Barron,Nancy Maloney Grimm,Sibylle Gruber
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 0820481424

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Social Change in Diverse Teaching Contexts by Nancy G. Barron,Nancy Maloney Grimm,Sibylle Gruber Pdf

Assumptions based on racial, class, and ethnic identities can undermine our best intentions as teachers, administrators, and scholars. The misguided strategy of colorblindness and the continuing racial segregation of American cities and schools leave teachers and students with little experience for addressing the touchy subject of racial identity in the classroom. This collection, pertinent for teacher preparation, undergraduate and graduate seminars, and reading discussion groups, focuses on new and experienced teachers who confront myths, who negotiate their own identities as well as identity politics in the classroom, and who design new projects, use new tools, and apply new practices. The chapters highlight the need to change how teachers respond to student work, manage classroom interactions, form collaborative partnerships, construct service-learning projects, and conduct research.