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Teaching to Transform: From Volatility to Solidarity in an Interdisciplinary Family Studies Classroom

Describes a transformative experience in an interdisciplinary course on multicultural families and the xenophobia they experience. The course was created in collaboration with students in order to achieve a more authentic teaching-learning experience. Four pedagogical implications are offered regarding interdisciplinary perspectives, collaborative teaching teams, reconstructing authority, and enacting social justice. (BF)

• Author/Creator: Allen, Katherine R., Floyd-Thomas, Stacey M., Gillman, Laura
• Date Published: Oct
• Journal/Secondary Title: Family Relations
• Number: 4
• Volume: 50
• Year: 2001

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Subject: College Students
• Subject: Cross Cultural Training
• Subject: Emotional Response
• Subject: Higher Education
• Subject: Interdisciplinary Approach
• Subject: Pedagogical Content Knowledge
• Subject: Stranger Reactions
• Subject: Student Reaction
• Subject: Team Teaching

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