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Mediating Boundaries of Race, Class, and Professorial Authority as a Critical Multiculturalist

Presents one college professor's reflections on the challenges of mediating the boundaries of race, class, and professorial authority in an undergraduate multicultural education course. After discussing current debates about multicultural education, the paper examines assumptions underlying a multicultural discourse, poses questions about pedagogy, and discusses the usefulness of theories of critical pedagogy in addressing the questions. (SM)

• Author/Creator: Obidah, Jennifer E.
• Date Published: Dec
• Journal/Secondary Title: Teachers College Record
• Number: 6
• Volume: 102
• Year: 2000

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Cultural Awareness
• Subject: Higher Education
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Power Structure
• Subject: Racial Factors
• Subject: Social Class
• Subject: Student Empowerment

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