Multiculturalism and Learning Style - Teaching and Counseling Adolescents

This text synthesizes the research on the learning style characteristics of five culturally diverse groups: Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans. Although each of these groups has distinguishing features and differs from other groups on some of the 22 elements that constitute learning style, there are broad within-group variations that preclude generalizations. Dunn and Griggs identify a multidimensional model of learning style, describe a comprehensive assessment instrument for identifying an individual's learning style, and provide a variety of educational interventions that accommodate diverse learning style preferences.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Examining Your Knowledge of Multiculturalism and Learning Styles
Understanding Learning Style and the Need for Teaching to Individual, Rather than Group, Characteristics
Understanding Learning-Style Counseling and Adolescent Stages of Development
Multiculturalism and the Learning-Style Characteristics of Major Cultural Groups in the United States
Identifying Adolescents' Individual Learning-Style Strengths
Managing the Implementation of a Learning-Style Program
Designing Tactual and Kinesthetic Resources to Respond to Adolescents' Individual Learning Styles
Designing Programmed Learning Sequences (PLS) to Respond to Adolescents' Individual Learning Styles
Designing Contract Activity Packages (CAPs) to Respond to Adolescents' Individual Learning Styles
Designing Multisensory Instructional Packages (MIPs) to Respond to Adolescents' Learning Styles
References
Appendix A: Available Low-Cost Resources for Getting Started
Index

About the author

Rita Dunn, Shirley A. Griggs

Product details

• Authors: Rita Dunn, Dunn Rita, Shirley Griggs, Griggs Shirley A.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.08.1998
• EAN: 9780275964801
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96480-1
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; USA, Cultural Studies, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Current Events and Issues: Education