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Diversity in college classrooms : practices for today's campuses / edited by Ann M. Johns & Maureen Kelley Sipp.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: xvi, 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0472089447
  • 9780472089444
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1982 22
LOC classification:
  • LC212.42 .D58 2004
Contents:
Ch. 1. Introduction -- General issues and questions -- Ch. 2. Cultural diversity courses : the students' perspectives / Charles F. Hohm and Carol F. Venable -- Ch. 3. Cross-cultural curricula : four case studies / Andre J. Branch -- Approaches for diverse classrooms -- Ch. 4. Culturally relevant strategies for the classroom / Evangelina Bustamante Jones -- Ch. 5. Using portfolios in classes with diversity content : enabling deep learning, student awareness, and effective assessment / Maria Zuniga -- Ch. 6. Collaborative learning in the diverse classroom / Carol F. Venable -- Ch. 7. Identifying and accommodating students with disabilities / Carl Fielden -- Ch. 8. Linguistic diversity and instructional practices / Ann M. Johns -- Ch. 9. Faculty and student diversity : a case study / Minjuan Wang and Terre Folger -- Ch. 10. Understanding science : social construction and student engagement / Randy Yerrick -- Ch. 11. Teaching mathematics in our multicultural world / Swapna Mukhopadhyay and Brian Greer -- Outside the classroom : involving students in the campus and community -- Ch. 12. Community-based service learning : actively engaging the other / Pat Washington -- Ch. 13. Cross-cultural experiential learning / Russell L. Young -- Ch. 14. Community action : students as agents of change / Shirley N. Weber.
Summary: "These essays guide teachers to understanding and acknowledging the complexities of today's college students and offer real world solutions. With the varied approaches and purposes of the chapters, diversity -- much like in the real world -- here is broadly defined and not neatly categorized.All of the contributors are from San Diego State University, a place whose work on linked communities is well known. These diverse contributors have written about their own lives, work, and experiences inside the classroom."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction -- General issues and questions -- Ch. 2. Cultural diversity courses : the students' perspectives / Charles F. Hohm and Carol F. Venable -- Ch. 3. Cross-cultural curricula : four case studies / Andre J. Branch -- Approaches for diverse classrooms -- Ch. 4. Culturally relevant strategies for the classroom / Evangelina Bustamante Jones -- Ch. 5. Using portfolios in classes with diversity content : enabling deep learning, student awareness, and effective assessment / Maria Zuniga -- Ch. 6. Collaborative learning in the diverse classroom / Carol F. Venable -- Ch. 7. Identifying and accommodating students with disabilities / Carl Fielden -- Ch. 8. Linguistic diversity and instructional practices / Ann M. Johns -- Ch. 9. Faculty and student diversity : a case study / Minjuan Wang and Terre Folger -- Ch. 10. Understanding science : social construction and student engagement / Randy Yerrick -- Ch. 11. Teaching mathematics in our multicultural world / Swapna Mukhopadhyay and Brian Greer -- Outside the classroom : involving students in the campus and community -- Ch. 12. Community-based service learning : actively engaging the other / Pat Washington -- Ch. 13. Cross-cultural experiential learning / Russell L. Young -- Ch. 14. Community action : students as agents of change / Shirley N. Weber.

"These essays guide teachers to understanding and acknowledging the complexities of today's college students and offer real world solutions. With the varied approaches and purposes of the chapters, diversity -- much like in the real world -- here is broadly defined and not neatly categorized.All of the contributors are from San Diego State University, a place whose work on linked communities is well known. These diverse contributors have written about their own lives, work, and experiences inside the classroom."--Publisher description.

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