Shattering the denial : protocols for the classroom and beyond / Karen B. McLean Donaldson ; foreword by Christine Sleeter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dade, Karen B. McLean.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in education--United States.

Discrimination in education.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Protocols for the classroom and beyond

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book has gone to great lengths to reveal, through research and practice, the possibilities of addressing and reducing racist practices in our schools. It features an Antiracist Education Teacher Study that assisted in providing baseline figures of teacher perceptions of racism, and demonstrated how teachers can successfully implement antiracist concepts in their classrooms. Findings further indicate that such teacher involvement makes a difference in student acceptance and attitude. As teachers display enthusiasm for teaching their subject areas multiculturally, and having an intolerance for racist behavior, many students have shown greater respect and appreciation for their teachers who are willing to expose life's realities. Educators in the Teacher Study became role models for their students. This role modeling empowered students in positive ways to address issues of racism from the student perspective. Dr. Donaldson also focuses on shattering the denial of teachers who doubt the existence of racism in schools and who question how student learning is adversely affected by racism. She uncovers the difficulty teachers have with coming to grips with the realities of racism. In light of these difficulties, those who endured became empowered to become better teachers.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface: Voice of an Antiracist Education Practitioner""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""I Shattering the Denial: A Geographical Antiracist Education Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development and Implementation Study with K� 12 Teachers""; ""Voice of a Parent: Caught in the Midst of It""; ""1 A Description""; ""2 Teacher Race Awareness Survey""; ""3 Antiracist Curriculum Development Work with Teachers""; ""4 Antiracist Education Implementation and a Few Courageous Teachers""; ""5 Successful Re- education for Teachers Makes a Difference for Students""

""II Students Empowered by the Antiracist Teacher Study""""Voice of One Who Has Lived It""; ""6 A Recent Poll, Student Antiracist Programs, and the Social Action of Students""; ""III Protocols for the Classroom and Beyond""; ""Voice of an Activist and Scholar""; ""7 Curriculum 520X: Antiracist Education Curriculum Development and Research via Interactive Television""; ""8 International Field Trips in Antiracist and Multicultural Education: South Africa Study Abroad Program""; ""9 Kuumba Multicultural Experimental School (KMES) Research Project""; ""Conclusion""

""Epilogue: Voice of an Author""""Appendix A Students� Perceptions of Teacher Race/ Diversity Awareness""; ""Appendix B Teacher Race Awareness Survey I""; ""Appendix C Teacher Race Awareness Midpoint Survey""; ""Appendix D Antiracist Curriculum Development and Implementation Study: Handbook Participants Questionnaire""; ""Appendix E Models of Path Analysis Results from the Teacher Race Awareness Study""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-177) and index.

ISBN:

9781429475327

1429475323

9780313074042

0313074046

OCLC:

923555315