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Culturally Responsive Teaching and Reflection in Higher Education explores how postsecondary educators can develop their own cultural awareness and provide inclusive learning environments for all students. Discussing best practices from the Cultural Literacy Curriculum Institute at Lesley University, faculty and administrators who are c
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Contents
Preface: An Invitation for Dialogue
Chapter 1. Introduction: Cultural Literacy, Cultural Humility, and Reflection
Section I. Knowing Ourselves
Chapter 2. Who I Am Is How I Teach
Sharlene Voogd Cochrane
Chapter 3. Reflections on Identity and Privilege
Julie A. Stanwood
Chapter 4. Embracing My Social Class Transition: A Journey to More Effective Teaching
Michaela Kirby
Section II. Pedagogy and the Other
Chapter 5. Learning as the Other: A Lesson in Human Fragility
Meenakshi Chhabra
Chapter 6. Becoming an Ally to Indigenous People
Coleen O’Connell
Chapter 7. Seizing Teachable Moments: An African American Professor's Reflections of Conversations on Race and Culture With White Students
M. Francine Jennings
Section III. Practice in Community
Chapter 8. Culturally Responsive Professional Practices in the College Classroom and Professional Sites
Marjorie A. Jones
Chapter 9. Adult Learners: Where I’m From and Why It Matters
Deborah D. Wright
Chapter 10. Working With the Self, Walking With Another
Deborah Spragg
Chapter 11. Looking In and Acting Out: A Personal Search for Inclusive Pedagogical Practice
Janet Sauer
Reflective Exercises
I. Where Are You From?
II. Steppingstones in Responding to Difference
III. Exploring Power in Leadership
Notes for Engaging Discussions
Contributor Biographies
About the author
Sharlene Voogd Cochrane is Professor Emeritus of Interdisciplinary Studies at Lesley University, USA.
Meenakshi Chhabra is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Lesley University, USA.
Marjorie A. Jones is Professor of Education and Writing at Lesley University, USA.
Deborah Spragg is Director of Field Training and Assistant Professor of Expressive Therapies at Lesley University, USA.
Summary
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Reflection in Higher Education explores how postsecondary educators can develop their own cultural awareness and provide inclusive learning environments for all students. Discussing best practices from the Cultural Literacy Curriculum Institute at Lesley University, faculty and administrators who are c
