Multicultural Prism : Voices from the Field. Volume 2 / J. Q. Adams, Ed. and Janice R. Welsch, Ed.

This book presents descriptions of 17 courses in education, the humanities, social sciences, business, and the arts that acknowledge cultural diversity and invite students to understand and respect that diversity. Many of the courses focus on student-centered approaches to instruction. Following an introduction by the editors, syllabi in the book are "Ways of Coexisting: Urban and Global Communities" (Frederick J. Baker); "No More 'Teaching as Usual'" (Dianne Bowcock); "Understanding Diversity: Urban Education at Bloomsburg University" (Mary Harris); "Introduction to Multicultural Education" (Savario J. Mungo); "Alike and Different: Teaching Children to Value Cultural Diversity" (Mona S. Johnston); "Power Made Real: Literary Responses to Race, Class and Gender" (Ann M. Frank Wake); "In Their Own Words: The Literature of Displacement Links between African and African Diaspora Writing" (Nada Elia); "Multicultural Approaches to College Writing" (Kathleen M. Herndon and Priti W. Kumar); "Beliefs and Believers: A Multicultural Approach to Religious Diversity" (John K. Simmons); "Feminism and Ethics: The Course and Its Construction" (Susan A. Martinelli-Fernandez); "Diverse Meanings: Challenges and Complexities of Multicultural Teaching" (Loretta Kensinger and Priya A. Kurian); "A Cross-Cultural Survey of Art History: Challenging Assumptions about Art" (Joanne E. Sowell); "Strategies and Techniques for Multicultural Teaching in Undergraduate Courses" (Thomas J. Gerschick and Georgeanne Rundblad); "Module for Asian Studies: Introduction to Economics" (George Wasson); "Diversifying 'Introduction to United States Government'" (Loretta Kensinger); "Project Gain: Get Ahead in Nursing" (Lorraine D. Williams); and "Dealing with Diversity: A Teleclass" (J. Q. Adams). The book also presents a review by Avril von Minden of the book "New Directions for Equity in Mathematics Education" and "Multicultural Mathematics Education: Annotated Bibliography" (Avril von Minden and Lorri Kanauss). (RS)

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