Race and Higher Education: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms (HER Reprint Series) - Softcover

Book 2 of 3: HER Reprint Series

Annie Howell (editor) & Frank Tuitt (editor)

 
9780916690380: Race and Higher Education: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms (HER Reprint Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0916690385 ISBN 13: 9780916690380
Publisher: Harvard Education Press, 2003

Synopsis

Over the last few decades, U.S. colleges and universities have witnessed increasing diversity in their student bodies. Yet faculty members, operating on the notion that one pedagogy fits all students, continue to employ traditional modes of instruction. This adherence to outdated pedagogies has created potentially harmful learning environments for all students―and particularly for students of color. Race and Higher Education addresses this persistent problem, guiding educators toward a better understanding of how changes in the student population have resulted in the need for new approaches to classroom instruction. By including voices from inside classrooms along with analyses from scholarly researchers, this volume provides college and university teachers, administrators, students, and scholars with a critical instrument for improving higher education.

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About the Author

Annie Howell is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she works as a teaching fellow and a facilitator for the Harvard Institute for School Leadership. She is also a doctoral fellow with the Change Leadership Group and a former cochair of the Harvard Educational Review.Frank Tuitt is an advanced doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research assistant for the National Campus Diversity Project. He is also former cochair of the Harvard Educational Review.

From the Back Cover

Over the last few decades, U.S. colleges and universities have witnessed increasing diversity in their student bodies. Yet faculty members, operating on the notion that one pedagogy fits all students, continue to employ traditional modes of instruction. This adherence to outdated pedagogies has created potentially harmful learning environments for all students--and particularly for students of color. Race and Higher Education addresses this persistent problem, guiding educators toward a better understanding of how changes in the student population have resulted in the need for new approaches to classroom instruction. By including voices from inside classrooms along with analyses from scholarly researchers, this volume provides college and university teachers, administrators, students, and scholars with a critical instrument for improving higher education.

"This timely volume presents indispensable perspectives on changes we need to introduce into our college and university classrooms in order to enrich those classes and enhance the academic achievement of minority students. Race and Higher Education is a must read for all teachers, administrators, and students who have a stake in the ever-greater diversity of our colleges and universities." -- Dean Whitla, Director, National Campus Diversity Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education

"This is an informed, balanced, carefully researched series of essays on a timely and important topic. It offers clear insights into the benefits and problems of racial diversity in higher education." -- John B. Williams, College of Education, University of Maryland

Contributors include Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Eric L. Dey, Paulo Freire, Gerald Gurin, Annie Howell, Sylvia Hurtado, Kevin K. Kumashiro, Donaldo P. Macedo, Frances A. Maher, Sondra Perl, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault, Frank Tuitt, Barbara Vacarr, Kathleen Weiler

Edited by Annie Howell and Frank Tuitt

From the Inside Flap

Over the last few decades, U.S. colleges and universities have witnessed increasing diversity in their student bodies. Yet faculty members, operating on the notion that one pedagogy fits all students, continue to employ traditional modes of instruction. This adherence to outdated pedagogies has created potentially harmful learning environments for all students--and particularly for students of color. Race and Higher Education addresses this persistent problem, guiding educators toward a better understanding of how changes in the student population have resulted in the need for new approaches to classroom instruction. By including voices from inside classrooms along with analyses from scholarly researchers, this volume provides college and university teachers, administrators, students, and scholars with a critical instrument for improving higher education.

"This timely volume presents indispensable perspectives on changes we need to introduce into our college and university classrooms in order to enrich those classes and enhance the academic achievement of minority students. Race and Higher Education is a must read for all teachers, administrators, and students who have a stake in the ever-greater diversity of our colleges and universities." -- Dean Whitla, Director, National Campus Diversity Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education

"This is an informed, balanced, carefully researched series of essays on a timely and important topic. It offers clear insights into the benefits and problems of racial diversity in higher education." -- John B. Williams, College of Education, University of Maryland

Contributors include Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Eric L. Dey, Paulo Freire, Gerald Gurin, Annie Howell, Sylvia Hurtado, Kevin K. Kumashiro, Donaldo P. Macedo, Frances A. Maher, Sondra Perl, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault, Frank Tuitt, Barbara Vacarr, Kathleen Weiler

Edited by Annie Howell and Frank Tuitt

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Publisher
Harvard Education Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0916690385
ISBN 13 
9780916690380
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
280