Cultural competence in higher education / edited Tiffany Puckett (Northern Illinois University, USA), Nancy Lind (Illinois State University, USA).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lind, Nancy S., 1958- editor.

Puckett, Tiffany, editor.

Series:

Innovations in higher education teaching and learning ; Volume 28.

Innovations in higher education teaching and learning ; Volume 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural competence.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2020]

Summary:

"It is critical for professors to be able to teach students from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences to achieve success. This book provides an essential insight into teaching cultural competence in colleges and universities across the United States. Covering the experiences and challenges of instructors across disciplines, the chapters focus on the research, practices, narratives, and reflections related to preparing students to be culturally competent. Intended to address how to challenge systems that give power to only majority or privileged cultures, the purpose of this edited collection is to provide a vital resource through which readers can be equipped with the necessary knowledge related to teaching cultural competence. It provides a reference for instructors, researchers, and other stakeholders who are looking for material and strategies that will assist them in preparing students to become culturally competent."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

The importance of developing cultural competence / Tiffany Puckett

Language and culural competence: embracing multilingual ideologies and language policies / Natalie J. Mullen

Bridging the ivory tower: culturally responsive education connects content to people / Velma L. Cobb

Cultural humility: expanding our view / Candice Dowd Barnes and Chayla Rutledge Slaton

Transforming curriculum, exploring identity, and cultivating culturally responsive educators / Cynthia Zwicky and Tonya Walls

Assessing multicultural competence in student affairs and other higher education professionals programming: a preliminary research study / Gianina R. Baker

Faculty and staff perspectives on internationalization and intercultural competence at a state comprehensive university (SCU) / Jermain Griffin

Educators as the gatekeepers: promoting a race informed, culturally responsive pedagogy for human service professionals / Deneca Winfrey Avant, Doris Houston and LaTasha Nesbitt

Cultivating cultural competence through cultural engagement: experiences of undergraduate service learning in a play-based after-school program / Sophia L. Ángeles, Lucas Cone, Sarah Jean Johnson and Marjorie Faulstich Orellana

Using classroom composition in delivering cultural competence education / Norissa Williams

Developing cultural competence in future healthcare professionals / Melissa Gomez and Linda Darnell

Raising racial awareness: strategies for teaching students about racial microaggresions / Christina B. Chin and Erica Morales

Toward a pedagogy of cultural self-awareness in the first-year law school classroom / Mikah K. Thompson

Teaching cultural competence through the lens of restorative justice / Kimberly A. Nelson and Joshua C. Nelson

Using technology to teach cultural competence / Tai A. Collins, Kamontà Heidelburg and Meagan N. Scott

On teaching and learning: integrative reflections on intercultural competence through dialogue education / Runchana Pam Barger.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78769-771-1