Teaching for Equity and Diversity : Research to Practice /
R. Patrick Solomon and Cynthia Levine-Rasky ; with the assistance of Jordan Singer.
- 1st ed.
- Toronto, ON : Canadian Scholars' Press, 2003.
- xiv, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Inclued bibliographical references and index.
Foreword by Jon Young PART ONE: RESEARCH Chapter One: Equity Through Anti-racism Praxis Race, Ethnicity and Education Inequities -- Equity and Diversity Education -- Responses to Equity and Diversity Education -- Research Approaches
Chapter Two: Racism, Ethnocentrism, and Educational Inequity The Meaning of Difference -- Interpretations of Racism and Ethnocentrism -- On Educational Inequities -- Conservative Views on Race, Racism, and Anti-racism
Chapter Three: Educators' Perspectives and Practices Educators' Responses to Equity and Diversity Policies and Practices -- Classroom Practices -- Parent and Community Involvement in Schooling -- Perspectives on Professional Development
Chapter Four: From Resistance to Transformative Possibilities Deconstructing Resistance -- Transformative Possibilities -- Teacher Development Strategies
PART TWO: RESEARCH TO PRACTICE Chapter Five: Racial Identity Development and Teaching Racial Identity Formation and Teachers -- Program Design and Implementation -- Challenges of Implementing a Racial Identity Development Program -- Implications for Teacher Education
Chapter Six: Cross-Race Dyad Partnerships in Pre-service Teacher Education Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Designing Cross-Race Dyad Partnerships -- Benefits of Cross-Race Dyad Partnerships -- Challenges to Dyad Partnerships -- Implications for Teacher Education
Chapter Seven: Community Involvement: A Service Learning Approach to Teacher Education Introduction -- Theoretical Underpinnings -- Program Design and Implementations -- Reflections -- Some Challenges of Community Involvement -- Implications for Teacher Education
Chapter Eight: The Professional Development School as a "Community of Learners" Introduction -- Conceptualizing the PDS -- Model Application -- The Etobicoke-University Partnership Model -- The Maple Leaf-University Partnership Model -- The Peel-University Partnership Model -- An Emergent "Community of Learners" Model -- Productive Institutional Border-crossing
Appendix A: Impact of Teacher Identity on Perspectives and Practices Appendix B: The Multiculturalism Policy of Canada Appendix C: School Boards' Policies References Index
"This book is the first national study of Canadian educators' perspectives and practices of multicultural and anti-racism education. It explores teachers' perspectives on race and ethno-cultural equity, and offers solutions for some of the most pressing social justice and diversity issues facing educators in contemporary Canadian schools and society. Solomon and Levine-Rasky suggest that the ineffectiveness of professional development initiatives to move educators from a posture of resistance to one of transformation points to the need for a more progressive antiracism teacher education pedagogy. Based on a proven Urban Diversity Teacher Education model, this book provides theoretically driven practices for simultaneous renewal of teacher education in the university, partnership schools and the communities they serve. It links the sensitive issues of race, ethnicity and culture to broader equity, social justice and diversity themes in Canadian society and institutions. Teaching for Equity and Diversity will be useful to teachers, graduate students in education, teacher educators and cultural workers who are committed to inclusive and democratic schooling." (Book Cover)