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U.S. colleges and universities are witnessing increased diversity in their student bodies, yet many faculty members continue to use outdated modes of instruction, creating potentially harmful learning environments. This timely book addresses this problem, guiding educators toward a better understanding of how changes in the student population require new approaches to classroom learning. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Introduction
ch. 1 Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes (Patricia Gurin ... [et al.] )
ch. 2 Against Repetition: Addressing Resistance to Anti-Oppressive Change in the Practices of Learning, Teaching, Supervising, and Researching (Kevin K. Kumashiro)
ch. 3 Learning in the Dark: How Assumptions of Whiteness Shape Classroom Knowledge (Frances A. Maher and Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault)
ch. 4 Blind Vision: Unlearning Racism in Teacher Education (Marilyn Cochran-Smith)
ch. 5 Moving beyond Polite Correctness: Practicing Mindfulness in the Diverse Classroom (Barbara Vacarr)
ch. 6 Talking about Race, Learning about Racism: The Application of Racial Identity Development Theory in the Classroom (Beverly Daniel Tatum)
ch. 7 Teaching and Practice (Sondra Perl)
ch. 8 A Dialogue: Culture, Language, and Race (Paulo Freire and Donaldo P. Macedo)
ch. 9 Freire and a Feminist Pedagogy of Difference (Kathleen Weiler)

Afterword: Realizing a More Inclusive Pedagogy (Frank Tuitt)
About the Contributors