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Feeling, Experiencing and Consciousing: Diversity in the College Classroom

Recent reports identify minority college students' tendency to segregate themselves and opt out of mainstream campus activities. This article describes a redesigned cultural diversity teaching model that sensitizes instructors to their own ethnic/racial preconceptions and helps students acknowledge their own racial biases, identify stereotypical reactions, engage in honest discussion about differences, and appreciate other groups' societal contributions. (60 references) (MLH)

• Author/Creator: Taylor, Bernice
• Date Published: Aug-Nov
• Journal/Secondary Title: Thresholds in Education
• Number: 3-4
• Volume: 22
• Year: 1995

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Subject: Learning Activities
• Subject: Minority Groups
• Subject: Models
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Racial Bias

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