Integrating multiculturalism and intersectionality into the psychology curriculum : strategies for instructors / edited by Jasmine A. Mena and Kathryn Quina.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mena, Jasmine A., editor.

Quina, Kathryn, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Study and teaching.

Psychology.

Ethnopsychology.

Multiculturalism.

Psychology--education.

Cultural Diversity.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology--education.

Cultural Diversity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 348 pages)

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2019.

System Details:

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Summary:

"The past 20 years have seen a proliferation of the multicultural psychology literature, and we now have a better appreciation for the importance of sociocultural factors and how they shape attitudes, cognitions, and behaviors. This expanding awareness has converged with demographic shifts in the United States, bringing an increased number of ethnoracial minority undergraduate and graduate students into psychology classrooms. Increased numbers of scholars from underrepresented groups seeking psychology degrees have increased awareness of the importance of multiculturalism and intersectionality across a wide swath of psychology. Although this growth is exciting, incorporating this vast new theoretical and research literature into the psychology curriculum remains a challenge. Taking on this challenge, the teacher-authors who contributed to this volume share their insights and strategies for achieving a psychology of and for the people. The chapters are intended to support educators in their quest to expand their courses to include multiculturalism and intersectionality and are geared for instructors, new or experienced, who wish to invigorate their teaching through new topics, resources, and pedagogical approaches to transform the psychology curriculum as well as culture-specific courses. Chapters include background knowledge and recent findings useful for instructor preparation as well as a plethora of practical recommendations, exercises, assignments, and activities that the authors have applied over their years of teaching from multicultural and intersectional perspectives."--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

I. Multiculturalism and intersectionality in the psychology classroom

Teaching from an intersectional perspective: An overview

Developing a culturally competent and inclusive curriculum: A comprehensive framework for teaching multicultural psychology

Racial microaggressions and difficult dialogues in the classroom

II. Gender, ethnic, and sociocultural perspectives: Specialized courses and content areas

Who is the woman in the psychology of women? Addressing diversity and intersectionality

Intersectionality in teaching the psychology of men

Integrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues in the psychology curriculum

Psychology of Asian Americans

Teaching Africana psychology

Teaching Latinx psychology

Weaving American Indian and Alaska Native topics into the psychology curriculum

Intersections among religion, culture, gender, and mental health

Disability as an intersectional diversity variable in the psychology curriculum

Teaching about poverty and social class: Fostering class consciousness

Teaching cultural and transnational psychology: Taking intersectionality across the globe

Nontraditional students: Multigenerational, multilocational, and multicultural

III. Integrating diversity into general psychology courses

The introductory psychology course from a more diverse human perspective

Teaching personality and abnormal psychology with inclusivity

Teaching developmental psychology: Celebrating the dialectics of development

Overcoming student defensiveness in social psychology courses: A collaborative workshop for discussing privilege and prejudice

Multicultural considerations in the psychology research methods course

Teaching biopsychology: Multicultural findings and implications

Teaching critical, multivocal histories of psychology: Uncovering diversity

Including social determinants of health disparities in health psychology

Diversity education in professional psychology

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2019.

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Online version: Integrating multiculturalism and intersectionality into the psychology curriculum

ISBN:

9781433830075

1433830078

9781433830082

1433830086

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