Education programs for improving intergroup relations : theory, research, and practice / Walter G. Stephan, W. Paul Vogt, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stephan, Walter G.

Vogt, W. Paul.

Series:

Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.)

Multicultural education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

Intergroup relations.

United States.

Intergroup relations--United States.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

xii, 323 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2004]

Summary:

Research shows that intergroup relations programs can help students develop more positive beliefs, behaviors, values, and attitudes toward diversity. In this book, some of the most knowledgeable practitioners and researchers in the field present a wide variety of approaches that can be used with students of varying ages, from elementary school to college.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Education's Influence on Beliefs, Attitudes, Values, and Behaviors / W. Paul Vogt 1

Part I Programs for Young Children and Their Teachers 17

2 Culturally Relevant Anti-Bias Education with Young Children / Louise Derman-Sparks 19

3 Producing Equal-Status Interaction Amidst Classroom Diversity / Elizabeth G. Cohen 37

4 Cooperative Learning: An Instructional Strategy to Improve Intergroup Relations / Robert Cooper, Robert E. Slavin 55

Part II Programs for Adolescents and Their Teachers 71

5 The Anti-Defamation League's A World of Difference Institute / Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann, Lindsay J. Friedman 75

6 Facing History and Ourselves / Terry Tollefson, Dennis J. Barr, Margot Stern Strom 95

7 Forging the Chain: "Hands Across the Campus" in Action / Sharon Hicks-Bartlett 111

Part III Programs in Colleges and Universities 129

8 Intergroup Dialogue: Embracing Difference and Conflict, Engendering Community / Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda, Amelia Seraphia Derr 133

9 The Moral Education of Citizens: Explorations and Outcomes with College Students / Donald A. Biggs, Robert J. Colesante 152

10 The Brandeis Initiative in Intercommunal Coexistence: A Multifaceted, Comprehensive Approach to Improving Intergroup Relations / Cynthia Cohen, Marci McPhee 169

Part IV School Contexts and Program Evaluations 191

11 Diversity and U.S. 14-Year-Olds' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences / Patricia G. Avery, Carole L. Hahn 195

12 Conditions in the Organizational Environment That Support Positive Intergroup Relations / Kenneth Cushner 211

13 The Evaluation of Multicultural Education Programs: Techniques and a Meta-Analysis / Cookie White Stephan, Lausanne Renfro, Walter G. Stephan 227

14 From Intervention to Outcome: Processes in the Reduction of Bias / John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner, Tracie L. Stewart, Victoria M. Esses, Marleen ten Vergert, Gordon Hodson 243

15 Conclusion: Understanding Intergroup Relations Programs / Walter G. Stephan 266.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-306) and indexes.

ISBN:

080774459X

OCLC:

53919533