Teaching to Diversities: Ethnicity
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Useful resources that include teaching strategies for teachers
Flinders University’s Theory into Practice Strategies: Designing Culturally Inclusive Environments.
University of Melbourne’s Culturally Inclusive Social Events: Guidelines for Good Practice.
The University of Iowa’s Issues in Teaching Students of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds explores how teachers can teach more effectively to diverse classrooms. (USA)
Barbara Gross Davis’s Diversity and Complexity in the Classroom from her book (1993). Tools for Teaching. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers. Based on teaching practices and broader sociological and education research, Davis’s chapter provides useful ideas for teachers working in a diverse classroom. (USA)
Harvard University’s Tips for Teachers: Teaching in Racially Diverse College Classrooms (USA)
The University's Staff & Student Equal Opportunity Unit has a Supporting Student Diversity webpage providing links to various student support services.
References
The list of references below includes some which relate to staff development issues, and to the perceptions and experiences of staff from culturally diverse backgrounds - as well as students.
Asmar, C., Inge, L., Singh, P. & Ginns, P. (2002). Report: Diversity and inclusive teaching project (Sydney, University of Sydney).
Bennett, C. (2002). Enhancing ethnic diversity at a Big Ten University through project TEAM: A case study in Teacher education. Educational Researcher, 31, 2, 21-29.
Biggs, J. (1999). Teaching for Quality Learning at University. Buckingham UK: SRHE & Open University Press. [See especially Chapter 7, 'Teaching international students'.]
Boice. R. (1992). The new faculty member (San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers) [See especially Chapter 11 ‘Tailoring programs to special needs’].
Burbules, N.C., & Rice, S. (1991). Dialogue across differences: continuing the conversation. Harvard Educational Review, 61, 4, 393-416.
Carson, L. (2006). Postcard from the podium: Art of conversation as an antidote to cultural exclusion. Accounting education: an International Journal, 15, 1, 109-112.
Eimers, M. and Pike, G. (1997). Minority and nonminority adjustment to college: differences or similarities? Research in Higher Education, 38, 1, 77-97.
Feinberg, W. (1998). Education: Cultural difference and national identity, in Feinberg, W. Common schools/Uncommon Identities. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
Habu, T. (2000). The irony of globalization: The experience of Japanese women in British higher education. Higher Education, 39, 43-66.
Harlow, R. (2003). “Race doesn’t matter, but. . . ”: The effect of Race on Professors’ experiences and Emotion Management in the Undergraduate College Classroom. Social Psychology Quarterly, 66, 4, 348-363.
Kalantzis, M. & Cope, B. (2000). Towards an inclusive and international higher education, in R. King, D. Hill & B. Hemmings (Eds.) University and Diversity: Changing Perspectives, Policies and Practices in Australia (Wagga Wagga, KEON Publications).
Leask, B. (2006). Plagiarism, cultural diversity and metaphor–Implications for academic staff development. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 32, 2, 183-199.
Lingbiao, G. & Watkins, D. (2002). Conceptions of teaching held by school science teachers in P.R China: identification and cross-cultural comparisons. International Journal of Science Education, 24, 1, 61-79.
McLaren, P & Farahmandpur, R. (2006). Who will educate the educators? Critical pedagogy in the Age of the New Imperialism, in A. Dirlik (Ed.) Pedagogies of the global: knowledge in the Human Interest. London: Paradigm Publishers.
Nelson, C.E, (1996). Student diversity requires different approaches to college teaching, even in math and science. American Behavioral Scientist, 40, 2, 165-175.
Nora, Amaury and Cabrera, Alberto F. (1996). The Role of perceptions of prejudice and discrimination on the adjustment of minority students to College. Journal of Higher Education, 67, 2 (March/April). 119-148.
Rakow, L., F. (1991). Gender and race in the classroom: Teaching way out of line. Feminist Teacher, 6, 1, 10-12
Ramburuth, P. (1999). Managing Language and Learning Diversity in Higher Education: Enhancing the Graduate Experience. Paper presented at International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on Learning at Penang, Malaysia, 27-30 September.
Rosser, S. (1998). Group work in science, engineering and mathematics: consequences of ignoring gender and race. College Teaching, 46, 3, 82-88.
Schmidt, P. (2006). Study blames obstacles, not lack of interest, for shortage of black and Hispanic scientists. The chronicle of Higher Education, April 4. http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/04/2006040401n.htm.
Shaw, E. (2005). Researching the educational benefits of diversity. College Board Research report 2005-4. http://www.collegeboard.com .
Shotton, H., Oosahwe, E.S.L. & Cintron, R. (2007). Stories of success: Experiences of American Indian students in a Peer-mentoring retention program. The Review of Higher Education, 31, 1, 81-107.
Smith, D.G. & Schonfield, N.B. (2000). The Benefits of Diversity. About Campus (Nov.-Dec.), 16-23.
Steele, Claude M. (1997). A threat in the air: how stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance. American Psychologist, 52, 6, (June), 613-629.
Strauss. P & U, A. (2007). Group assessments: dilemmas facing lecturers in multicultural tertiary classrooms. Higher Education Research and Development, 26, 2, 147-161.
Suarez, A. (2003). Forward transfer: Strengthening the education pipeline for Latino community college students. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 27, 2, 95-117.
Tang, W., Kwok, A., Lai, P., Lau, K., Lee, W. & Li, A. (July 1999). Effectiveness of an amalgamated effective learner programme for first year Hong Kong Polytechnic University students. Paper presented at the 1999 HERDSA annual international conference, Melbourne.
Tatum, B.D. (1999). “Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and other conversations about race. New York: Basic Books.
Thompson, C. & Dey, E. (1998). Pushed to the margins: sources of stress for African American college and university faculty. The Journal of Higher Education, 69, 3, 324-345.
Turner, Y. (2006). Chinese students in a UK business school: hearing the student voice in reflective teaching and learning practice. Higher Education Quarterly, 60 1, 27-51.
Tweed, R.G. & Lehman, D.R. (2002). Learning considered within a cultural context. American Psychologist, 57, 2, 89-99.
Volet, S. & Renshaw, P. (1995). Cross-cultural differences in university students' goals and perceptions of study settings for achieving their own goals. Higher Education, 30, 4 (December), 403-433.
Volet, S. E. and Ang, G.
(1998). Culturally mixed groups on international
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Watkins, D. (2000). Learning and Teaching: a cross-cultural perspective. School leadership & Management, 20, 2, 161-173.
Woodward-Kron, R. (2007). Negotiating meanings and scaffolding learning: writing support for non-English speaking background Postgraduate Students. Higher Education Research & Development, 26, 3, 253-268.