Teaching about diversity : activities to start the conversation

"This book offers easily implemented strategies for use with secondary and undergraduate students regarding issues of diversity to promote greater awareness of diversity and social justice within their classrooms. Defining diversity broadly, the book provides effective pedagogical techniques to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Marks, Melissa J. (Author), DeWitt, Scott Lloyd (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020.
SeriesSocial issues in education.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806605545
DOI10.1108/978-1-64802-078-0
Physical Description1 online resource (204 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Section I. Overview of diversity
  • Chapter 1. Why is it necessary to teach diversity?
  • Chapter 2. Overarching themes within diversity
  • Chapter 3. Student defensiveness
  • Section II. Aspects of diversity and techniques to discuss them
  • Chapter 4. Getting students talking
  • Chapter 5. Starting to reflect
  • Chapter 6. Culture
  • Chapter 7. Race
  • Chapter 8. Immigration status and citizenship
  • Chapter 9. Religion
  • Chapter 10. Gender
  • Chapter 11. Sexual orientation
  • Chapter 12. Ability/disability
  • Chapter 13. Social class and socioeconomic status
  • Section III. Where do we go from here?
  • Chapter 14. Activity: Social justice project
  • About the authors.