Diversity Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Faculty in Higher Education - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1933371285 ISBN 13: 9781933371283

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2007

Synopsis

This practical guide will empower even the busiest faculty members to create culturally inclusive courses and learning environments. In a collection of more than 50 vignettes, exceptional teachers from a wide range of academic disciplines―health sciences, humanities, sciences, and social sciences―describe how they actively incorporate diversity into their teaching. Different strategies discussed include a role-model approach, creating a safe space in the classroom, and the cultural competency model. Written for teaching faculty in all disciplines of higher education, this book offers practical guidance on culturally inclusive course design, syllabus construction, textbook selection, and assessment strategies. In addition, examples of diversity initiatives are detailed at six institutions: Duquesne University, Emerson College, St. Louis Community College, University of Connecticut, University of Maryland University College, and University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. This book also contains an overview of the following areas:

• Diversity as an integral component of college curricula
• Structuring diversity-accessible courses
• Practices that facilitate diversity across the curriculum
• Diversity and disciplinary practices

About this title

About the Author:

Jerome Branche is professor of Latin American literature and cultural studies and chair of the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Poetics and Politics of Diaspora: Transatlantic Musings. John Mullennix is the editor of Diversity Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Faculty in Higher Education, published by Wiley.

Review:

"In addition to offering key insights for introducing diversity into the curriculum, the book also provides very important practical steps for course design and actual implementation." (Teaching Theology and Religion, September 2008)

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1933371285
• ISBN 13: 9781933371283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Branche Jerome, Mullennix John, Cohn Ellen R.