Integrating Multiculturalism into the Curriculum: From the Liberal Arts to the Sciences: 391 (Counterpoints: Studies in Criticality) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1433109778 ISBN 13: 9781433109775

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2012

Synopsis

This reader introduces the Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute, a successful multicultural curriculum transformation paradigm that is a model for colleges and universities across the country and abroad. Section I details the history of the effective implementation of the strategies at a university in Texas over the last seven years with emphasis on goals, pedagogical strategies, institutional support, and faculty recruitment. Section II gives an in-depth look at a sampling of content units presented during the Institute. Section III highlights faculty who attended Institute training and the resulting implementation of the strategies and student feedback; it also showcases a multicultural assessment instrument, a useful tool for determining if a course is multicultural. Section IV presents a variety of transformed courses from six colleges within the university.

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About the Author

Sandra Mayo is Director of Multicultural and Gender Studies and Associate Professor of Theatre at Texas State University-San Marcos. She chairs the Women and Gender Research Collaborative and is on the board of directors and the editorial board of the peer-reviewed online Journal of Research on Women and Gender, both under the auspices of the Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies. She leads the Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute and has presented multicultural curriculum transformation workshops at colleges and universities in the United States and in Africa. Her most recent publications include two edited books and numerous journal articles. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Texas chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education.
Patricia J. Larke is Professor of Education at Texas A&M University-College Station. She has published many multicultural education articles in journals and has presented more than 200 papers at multicultural education and research conferences. She is coeditor of the Journal of the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators. From 2005 to 2010, she presented on culturally responsive teaching at the Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute at Texas State University-San Marcos. She is the former president of the Texas chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education, and currently serves on its board of directors. In 2010 she received the Texas Chapter National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Career Achievement Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433109778
• ISBN 13: 9781433109775
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 343
• Editor: Mayo Sandra, Larke Patricia J.