Multicultural Initiatives: Quick Link to Authors, Summaries, and Graphic Organizers for Courses I Teach

What's this blog about?

I teach several courses under the broad topic of "Multicultural Education," prioritizing social justice issues of access, power/privilege, & narrowing the academic achievement gap. I am a person of color and I almost always have a white co-teacher. We include topics, such as: racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, deculturalization, transforming curriculum, etc. This is a place where I post information that we teach; lesson plans for activities; and resources we use and/or which are shared with me by my adult students.

In courses (named below) that my colleagues, Elli Stern/Jennifer Wolfrum, and I teach, we ask participants (teachers, counselors, administrators, tutors, nurses, etc.) to get into a group and "become the expert" on an article that we have assigned for homework. To this end, we then ask the group to construct a graphic organizer, mnemonic, or other visual aid to help "teach" the other groups about the article.

BUILDING BRIDGES FOR UNDERSTANDING

Kevin Washburn - Inspiring Others
http://multiculturalinitiatives.blogspot.com/2015/08/kevin-washburn-inspiring-others.html

Christine Sleeter - Involving Students in Selecting Reading Materials
http://multiculturalinitiatives.blogspot.com/2011/07/christine-sleeter-involving-students-in.html

Priya Parmar and Shirley Steinberg - Locating Yourself for Your Student
http://multiculturalinitiatives.blogspot.com/2015/08/priya-parmar-and-shirley-steinberg.html

Heather M. Pleasants - Showing Students Who You Are
http://multiculturalinitiatives.blogspot.com/2015/08/heather-m-pleasants-showing-students.html

Dorinda J. Carter - On Spotlighting and Ignoring Racial Group Members in the Classroom
http://multiculturalinitiatives.blogspot.com/2015/08/dorinda-carter-on-spotlighting-and.html

STRATEGIES TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP

Pat Guild - The Culture/Learning Style Connection

Willis D. Hawley - Another Inconvenient Truth, Race and Ethnicity Matter

Ron Ferguson - Helping Students of Color Meet High Standards

Joshua Aronson - Knowing Students As Individuals

Carol Ann Tomlinson and Edwin Lou Javius - Teach Up For Excellence