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The Culturally Inclusive Educator: Preparing for a Multicultural World
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Abstract: The Culturally Inclusive Educator asks educators to consider what they can do differently to create a welcoming, inclusive, and exciting environment for the 21st century. Based on the author’s national research and consulting work, this book examines the discrepancy between the current educational cultural climate and the need for educators and their institutions to prepare for a growing multicultural population. It asks what constitutes effective preparation, and provides guidance on overcoming personal and institutional challenges to cultural inclusiveness (stereotype threats, microaggressions, colorblindness/identity-blindness, implicit bias, among others). Samuels begins with the challenges facing the higher education community and then offers 8 transformative steps to help build cultural inclusiveness that any educator teaching any subject can utilize to increase their effectiveness. Culturally inclusive leadership is highlighted as the model for educators and institutions to embrace for success in today’s world.
Book Features:
- Diversity training and inclusiveness strategies for transforming curricula.
- Reflective practices that unearth personal biases and behaviors.
- Insights about faculty preparedness drawn from an unprecedented national study.
- Attention to specific issues and intersections of race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability.
- A lens for understanding cultural inclusiveness as a fundamental leadership practice. (From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Introduction
ch. 1 Are Educators Prepared for a Growing Multicultural Population?
The Challenge Ahead Why is Cultural Inclusiveness Important?
How Does Exclusion Happen?
Theoretical Framework
ch. 2 We’re Not as Prepared as We Think We Are
What Does It Mean to Be Prepared?
Preparedness Research
Preparedness Study
ch. 3 Becoming Prepared
The Facts About Diversity Initiatives
The Benefits of Diversity Training
The Challenges of Diversity Training
Overcoming the Challenges of Diversity Training: Best Practices
Evaluating Campus Diversity Initiatives
Other Effective Inclusiveness Solutions
ch. 4 Building Culturally Inclusive Classrooms
Traditional Classrooms
Nontraditional Classrooms
Transformative Learning
Transforming the Curriculum
Transforming the Classroom
Transforming the Campus/School
ch. 5 Going Deeper: Reflecting on What We Don’t Know We Don’t Know
Transforming Our Selves
Stereotypes and Confirmation Bias
Eight Transformative Steps to Building Cultural Inclusiveness
ch. 6 Building Inclusiveness Across Difference
Transforming Our Relationships
Transforming Our Interactions
Transforming Our Reactions
Transformation Self-Awareness
Transforming Our Language
Transforming Our Practices
ch. 7 Culturally Inclusive Leadership
Inclusive Leadership
Inclusive Policies for Sustainable Change
Are We Ready?
Appendix A: Survey Items
Appendix B: Research Methods and Analysis Procedures
References
Index
About the Author
Click Here for Book Review
Abstract: The Culturally Inclusive Educator asks educators to consider what they can do differently to create a welcoming, inclusive, and exciting environment for the 21st century. Based on the author’s national research and consulting work, this book examines the discrepancy between the current educational cultural climate and the need for educators and their institutions to prepare for a growing multicultural population. It asks what constitutes effective preparation, and provides guidance on overcoming personal and institutional challenges to cultural inclusiveness (stereotype threats, microaggressions, colorblindness/identity-blindness, implicit bias, among others). Samuels begins with the challenges facing the higher education community and then offers 8 transformative steps to help build cultural inclusiveness that any educator teaching any subject can utilize to increase their effectiveness. Culturally inclusive leadership is highlighted as the model for educators and institutions to embrace for success in today’s world.
Book Features:
- Diversity training and inclusiveness strategies for transforming curricula.
- Reflective practices that unearth personal biases and behaviors.
- Insights about faculty preparedness drawn from an unprecedented national study.
- Attention to specific issues and intersections of race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability.
- A lens for understanding cultural inclusiveness as a fundamental leadership practice. (From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Introduction
ch. 1 Are Educators Prepared for a Growing Multicultural Population?
The Challenge Ahead Why is Cultural Inclusiveness Important?
How Does Exclusion Happen?
Theoretical Framework
ch. 2 We’re Not as Prepared as We Think We Are
What Does It Mean to Be Prepared?
Preparedness Research
Preparedness Study
ch. 3 Becoming Prepared
The Facts About Diversity Initiatives
The Benefits of Diversity Training
The Challenges of Diversity Training
Overcoming the Challenges of Diversity Training: Best Practices
Evaluating Campus Diversity Initiatives
Other Effective Inclusiveness Solutions
ch. 4 Building Culturally Inclusive Classrooms
Traditional Classrooms
Nontraditional Classrooms
Transformative Learning
Transforming the Curriculum
Transforming the Classroom
Transforming the Campus/School
ch. 5 Going Deeper: Reflecting on What We Don’t Know We Don’t Know
Transforming Our Selves
Stereotypes and Confirmation Bias
Eight Transformative Steps to Building Cultural Inclusiveness
ch. 6 Building Inclusiveness Across Difference
Transforming Our Relationships
Transforming Our Interactions
Transforming Our Reactions
Transformation Self-Awareness
Transforming Our Language
Transforming Our Practices
ch. 7 Culturally Inclusive Leadership
Inclusive Leadership
Inclusive Policies for Sustainable Change
Are We Ready?
Appendix A: Survey Items
Appendix B: Research Methods and Analysis Procedures
References
Index
About the Author