Facilitating intergroup dialogues : bridging differences, catalyzing change / edited by Kelly E. Maxwell, Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda, and Monita C. Thompson ; foreword by Patricia Gurin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maxwell, Kelly E. (Kelly Elizabeth), 1970-

Nagda, Biren A., 1965-

Thompson, Monita C., 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in education.

Interpersonal communication.

Intercultural communication.

Group facilitation.

Group relations training.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume, the first dedicated entirely to intergroup dialogue facilitation, draws on the experiences of contributors and on emerging research to address the multi-dimensional role of facilitators and co-facilitators, the training and support of facilitators, and ways of improving practice in both educational and community settings. It constitutes a comprehensive guide for practitioners, covering the theoretical, conceptual, and practical knowledge they need. Presenting the work and insights of scholars, practitioners and scholar-practitioners who train facilitators for intergroup dialogues,

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; 1. DEEPENING THE LAYERS OF UNDERSTANDING AND CONNECTION: A Critical-Dialogic Approach to Facilitating Intergroup Dialogues; 2. IN THE HANDS OF FACILITATORS: Student Experiences in Dialogue and Implications for Facilitator Training; SECTION ONE: INTERGROUP DIALOGUE FACILITATION TRAINING FOR CLASSROOM-BASED EXPERIENCES; 3. TRAINING PEER FACILITATORS AS SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATORS: Integrating Cognitive and Affective Learning; 4. FACILITATOR TRAINING IN DIVERSE, PROGRESSIVE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES: Occidental College as a Case Study

5. PREPARING CRITICALLY REFLECTIVE INTERGROUP DIALOGUE FACILITATORS: A Pedagogical Model and Illustrative Example6. (RE)TRAINING OURSELVES: Professionals Who Facilitate Intergroup Dialogue; SECTION TWO: INTERGROUP DIALOGUE FACILITATION TRAINING FOR APPLICATIONS TO CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS; 7. TRAINING STUDENTS TO CHANGE THEIR OWN CAMPUS CULTURE THROUGH SUSTAINED DIALOGUE; 8. DEMOCRACY LAB: Online Facilitation Training for Dialogic Teaching and Learning; 9. INTERGROUP DIALOGUE FACILITATION FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNITY CHANGE

10. EXTENDING INTERGROUP DIALOGUE FACILITATION TO MULTICULTURAL SOCIAL WORK PRACTICESECTION THREE: LEARNING FROM AND WITH INTERGROUP DIALOGUE FACILITATORS: Voices on Identity, Alliances, and Career Commitments; 11. IDENTITY MATTERS: Facilitators' Struggles and Empowered Use of Social Identities in Intergroup Dialogue; 12. NOT FOR OTHERS, BUT WITH OTHERS FOR ALL OF US: Weaving Relationships, Co-creating Spaces of Justice; 13. CHANGING FACILITATORS, FACILITATING CHANGE: The Lives of Intergroup Dialogue Facilitators Post-College; CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L

MN; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-00-344475-X

1-000-97233-X

1-003-44475-X

1-57922-523-3

9781003444756

OCLC:

779851027