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  title info:
    title: Diversity Training for Classroom Teaching
    sub title: A Manual for Students and Educators
  name:
    name part: Clauss-Ehlers, Caroline S.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2006
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 248 p. online resource.
  abstract: As America’s classrooms become more demographically diverse, educators must learn how to respond to the different needs and cultural styles of children who represent such diversity. Diversity Training for Classroom Teaching is a resource guide geared to help educators create classroom communities that respond to diversity. The learning activities presented in this volume define terminology, provide activities to raise self-awareness, include newspaper articles that illustrate the relevance of concepts, and allow for an overall dialogue about diverse issues. This book encourages readers to generate their own construction of effective multicultural education and learn how to adapt it across various student populations and educational problems. At the same time, learning activities encourage readers to respect and seek to understand the experiences and worldviews of different people and how these diverse realities influence what is meant by multicultural education. "An incredibly practical, down to earth approach to dealing with potentially difficult material. Based on current, scholarly work, this book gives teachers real-world help for our increasingly diverse schools. The additional resources listed at the end of each chapter provide a window into the astonishing array of additional scholarly and useful materials." Patricia M. Raskin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Organization and Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University "It is a terrific book that provides clear and necessary guidance that helps teachers and students explore issues of diversity in a profound and yet simple and engaging manner. It is a must for those interested in learning how best to address the complexity of this issue in ways that are likely to yield results." Rafael Art. Javier, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Community Outreach Initiatives and Special Programs, St. John’s University "Diversity Training for Classroom Teaching, by Caroline Clauss-Ehlers is a well constructed comprehensi…
  table of contents: Foundations -- Introduction: How to Use this Manual -- How Do We Understand Difference? -- Dimensions of Difference: Culture, Socioeconomic Status, Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Parental Partnership -- Cultural Values and Worldview -- Socioeconomic Status -- Race and Ethnicity -- Language in the Classroom -- Working with Diverse Families: Parental Partnership in Education -- Dimensions of Difference: Gender -- Gender -- Sexual Orientation and Youth -- Other Challenges to Diversity -- Bullying in Schools -- Creating Community through Classroom Management -- Child Abuse and Resilience -- Understanding Exceptional Microcultures -- Exceptional Microcultures: Dealing with Trauma -- Exceptional Microcultures: Youth with Emotional Disturbance-Childhood Depression, Eating Disorders -- Exceptional Microcultures: How to Make a Referral -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: The Multicultural Educator.
  note: by Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers.
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: Teaching
  subject:
    topic: Clinical psychology
  subject:
    topic: Cross-cultural psychology
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: Teaching and Teacher Education
  subject:
    topic: Cross Cultural Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Clinical Psychology
  classification: LB1024.2-1050.75
  classification: LB1705-2286
  classification: 370.711
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