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Mitton, Jennifer; Murray-Orr, Anne – Canadian Journal of Education, 2021
This article reports on findings from a qualitative research study investigating ways to support learners from populations who have been historically underserved by the Nova Scotia education system, particularly African Nova Scotian and Mi'kmaq learners, and learners who experience poverty. Working with middle school teachers located in rural…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Risk, Diversity, Cultural Differences
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Smith, Patriann; Warrican, S. Joel; Alleyne, Melissa L. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2020
Increasingly, teacher educators are required to prepare teachers for students in mainstream classrooms who are more culturally and linguistically diverse than ever before. Yet, calls for teacher educators to model enactments of curriculum and instruction concerning diversity expected of prospective teachers in U.S. K-12 classrooms have resulted in…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Teacher Education Programs, Student Diversity, Preservice Teachers
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Madhavan, Sangeetha; Dlamini, Vusumuzi G. – Teaching Sociology, 2021
Efforts are underway to globalize sociology in the United States through study abroad experiences. At the same time, there is a push to extend the reach of such programs to students of color. We use student journal entries and fieldnotes from trips to South Africa to analyze how students of color grapple with a disruption of identity in a Black…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Study Abroad, Self Concept, Journal Writing
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Doharty, Nadena – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2020
Using a doctoral examination question as a starting point, this paper explores the specific race-gendered challenges Black women academics face when doing research on race. I argue that the stereotypical, racialised controlling images regarding Black women are not exclusive to African-American women and this has led some, in education, to draw on…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Blacks, Females, Stereotypes
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Edwards, Kirsten T. – Curriculum Inquiry, 2020
While university-based study abroad programs have become a core component of multicultural education, I argue that in many ways the dominant model of study abroad is rooted in a white masculinist episteme predicated on anthropological consumption of the "Other" without, and largely opposed to, meaningful examinations of the self. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, Study Abroad, Multicultural Education, Self Concept
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du Plessis, Sandra – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2012
This study investigates the perception of the strengths and challenges that face city centre preschool teachers and preschool learners in the acquisition of English as medium of instruction and to use the results to explore the role of speech-language therapists in this context. A descriptive survey, incorporating a quantitative data collection…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Professional Personnel, Preschool Teachers
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Singh, L.; Francis, D. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2010
Our article arises out of our involvement in an undergraduate module (Drama Education 310) at UKZN Faculty of Education, where we used workshop theatre to explore how students construct knowledge and develop socio-cultural understandings of critical events in society such as Xenophobia. The project reflects how young black students constitute…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Stranger Reactions, Workshops, Social Change
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Kleyn, Tatyana – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2010
The Garifuna are an Indigenous, Afro-Latino group in Honduras whose distinct cultural, ethnic, and linguistic background has been unacknowledged and frequently misunderstood on a societal level and, consequently, in the schools that serve them. This study argues for the utility of a cultural mismatch approach, one applied primarily to U.S.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Cruz, MaryCarmen; Duff, Ogle Burks – English Journal, 1996
Pays tribute to Charlotte Brooks for her contribution to teaching. Applauds her innovative teaching approaches that emphasize the importance of listening to the students. Reviews her concern with teacher attitude, expectation, and honesty. (TB)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
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Kalichman, Seth C.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1993
Assigned 106 low-income African-American women to view 1 of 3 videotapes: standard public health service tape on prevention of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), same tape but matching presenter and participant ethnicity and gender, or tape including same content but framed in context specifically intended to increase cultural relevance.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Blacks, Cultural Differences
Bright, Josephine A. – New Schools, New Communities, 1995
The experiences of an African-American teacher educator teaching a human growth and development course to education majors show the resistance students can exhibit to learning about cultural diversity as well as the opportunities for learning that can be fostered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Education Majors
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Campbell-Whatley, Gloria D.; Comer, James – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2000
This article explores how pre-existing structures within the educational system impede the academic achievement of many African-American learners and contribute to low self-concept, mislabeling, and placement in lower academic tracks. Methodologies and strategies needed to change these practices and/or to limit their ill effects are suggested.…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Graves, Karen L. – 1998
The educational philosophies of W. E. B. DuBois and Carter G. Woodson position them as important figures in the development of critical pedagogy. At its core, critical pedagogy is a hegemonic theory that focuses on the manifestation of power in society, with particular attention to how certain cultural groups learn to accept, engage in, or resist…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black History, Blacks, Cultural Differences
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Gordon, Beverly M. – Urban Education, 1993
Argues that African Americans, other people of color, and those committed to democracy must counter Anglohegemony by using liberatory and emancipatory pedagogy in learning institutions. Examples of interpretive lenses of "the other" are given, and implications of using these lenses are examined. The importance of educational research is…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Education, Blacks, Cultural Awareness
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Townsend, Brenda L.; Patton, James M. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2000
This article reflects on previous articles (EC 624 620-621) that explore how pre-existing structures within the educational system impede the academic achievement of many African-American learners. It urges more educators to be willing to critique school practices and to seek understanding of African American culture in order to alter teacher,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attitude Change, Blacks, Cultural Awareness
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