Epilogue Where Do We Go from Here?

• Published in: Challenges of Multicultural Education pp. 159 - 167
• Main Authors: Peters-Davis, Norah, Shultz, Jeffrey
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2005; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Education; Chinua Achebe's Things Fall; PWI; Young Man; Residential Liberal Arts College; White Students; Race Relations Class; African American Female College Student; Overburdening; Independent Study; Vice Versa; Under-represented Groups; Graduate Professional Development; Multicultural Teacher Education; Diversity Courses; Reflective Practice; Bryn Mawr; Multicultural Education; Unearned Privilege; Teaching Diversity Courses; Undergraduate Teaching Assistant; GLBT Student; Final Reflection Paper; Face To Face
• ISBN: 9781594511073; 1594511063; 9781594511066; 1594511071
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315635644-11

This chapter summarizes many of the pedagogical strategies that faculty have embraced to create a climate that encourages self-reflection. It explore the commonalities that emerge from the writings of the faculty and students who contributed to this book so that others can use their insights to reflect on what is happening in their own classrooms and on their campuses. Reed's and Brian Girard's reflections on their learning processes challenge typical notions of White men as ignorant and resistant to learning about their own racism, ethnocentrism, and unearned privilege. Once faculty members begin to focus on their own role in the dialogue, the opportunity for continued growth presents itself with every class. The ultimate challenge of multicultural education: to create a space where all persons, whether they are from the majority or the minority, understand their own identity, their relationships to others who are different from them, and the real implications of diversity for society.