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Teaching across cultural strengths : a guide to balancing integrated and individuated cultural frameworks in college teaching / Alicia Fedelina Chávez and Susan Diana Longerbeam ; foreword by Joseph L. White.

Chavez, Alicia Fedelina. (Author). Longerbeam, Susan Diana. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781620363249 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 241 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition.
  • Publisher: Sterling, Va. : Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2016.

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College teaching > Social aspects.
Culturally relevant pedagogy.

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Lansdowne Library LB 2331 C513 2016 (Text) 26040003363104 Teaching & Learning Volume hold Available -
► Summaries & More
▼ Additional Content
Foreword xi
Joseph L. White
Preface xiii
Musings From Alicia... xiv
Musings From Susan... xvii
Our Shared Story of Learning Across Cultural Strengths xix
Chapter Overview xx
A Call to Faculty xxii
We Are Deeply Grateful xxii
A Note About the Cover xxiii
1 Balancing Cultural Strengths in Teaching
1(60)
Reimagining Teaching Toward a Culturally Strengths-Based Approach
3(3)
Acknowledging a World With Many Oppressions
6(1)
Cultural Frameworks, Epistemologies, and Worldviews
7(2)
From Monocultural to Multicultural
9(2)
A Model of Cultural Frameworks in College Teaching and Learning
11(2)
Integrated and Individuated Cultures in Teaching and Learning
13(3)
Both-And: A Cultural Key to Learning
16(1)
A Note About Inequity in Learning
17(2)
Teaching Within an Epistemology of Cultural Both-And
19(1)
Applying a Model of Cultural Frameworks to Teaching Practice
20(37)
Taking It From Here to Enrich Learning Over Time
57(2)
Notes
59(2)
2 Culture in College Teaching
61(36)
Theoretical Underpinnings of Our Work
63(2)
A Note on Essentializing and Intersectionality
65(1)
The Changing Student Body Alongside the Relatively Unchanging Faculty
66(1)
Student Completion Rates
67(1)
Faculty Matter
68(1)
Culture Matters
69(1)
Elements of Culture
70(4)
Ethnicity and Race
74(1)
U.S. Higher Education Heritage and the Invisibility of Monoculturalism
75(4)
Cultural Strengths
79(5)
Culture Matters to Learning
84(1)
The Expanding Nature of Learning Environments
85(1)
Neuroscience Supports Balancing Cultural Frameworks
86(9)
Engaged Learning Leads to Boundary Crossing
95(1)
Note
96(1)
3 Rewards, Dilemmas, and Challenges of Teaching Across Cultural Frameworks
97(14)
Core Principles
98(4)
Opportunities and Rewards of Culturally Engaged Teaching
102(2)
Vulnerability of Culturally Engaged Teaching
104(1)
Design Dilemmas
105(2)
Personal Challenges of Culturally Engaged Teaching
107(3)
Conclusion
110(1)
4 Applying Cultural Introspection to Teaching and Learning
111(16)
Going Inward: Knowing Ourselves Culturally as Faculty
112(5)
Developing Our Teaching Through Cultural Introspection
117(5)
Looking Outward: Learning Culturally About Students
122(4)
Conclusion
126(1)
5 Strengths-Based Teaching in Cultural Context
127(39)
Getting Started: Conceptualizing
130(1)
Reimagining Our Teaching: The Influence of Teaching Philosophy on Learning, Student Success, and Retention
131(4)
When Everyone's Learning Is the Objective: Pedagogy, Facilitation, and Interaction Across Cultural Frameworks
135(12)
Time, Timing, and Scheduling
147(2)
Climate, Facilitation, and Interaction
149(10)
Initiating and Sustaining Student Engagement Across Cultures
159(2)
Balancing Activities Across Cultural Norms, Learning Processes, and Personalities
161(1)
Additional Considerations
162(3)
Note
165(1)
6 Top 10 Things Faculty Can Do to Teach Across Cultures
166(17)
Self-Reflect Culturally
166(2)
Modify One Cultural Continuum
168(1)
Talk With Three Students
169(2)
Explore One Negative Attribution
171(2)
Share With Students the Value of Balancing Cultural Frameworks
173(1)
Connect to Student Lives
174(3)
Partner With Students
177(3)
Make a Personal Connection
180(1)
Assess Creatively
180(2)
Consider the Rewards
182(1)
7 Spreading the Cultural Word: Faculty Development on a Larger Scale
183(5)
On-Campus Culture and Teaching Seminars
184(1)
Multiple-Day Culture and Teaching Institutes
185(1)
Sustained Culture and Teaching Faculty Cohorts
185(1)
Websites
186(1)
Individual Self-Development
187(1)
Informal Sharing
187(1)
National and International Presentations and Institutes
187(1)
Resources
187(1)
8 The Story of Our Work With Faculty
188(21)
Realizing Our Hopes
188(1)
Beginnings
189(1)
Coming Together and Planning
190(1)
Philosophical and Organizational Underpinnings
191(3)
The Faculty Development Project
194(1)
The Program
195(9)
Final Assessment
204(1)
Research
204(1)
Faculty Group Dynamics
205(4)
Final Reflections: Toward Learning Equity: Cultivating a Culture of Belief in Students
207(2)
Appendix A Guide to Writing a Culture and Teaching Autobiography
209(6)
Steps of Analysis
210(5)
Appendix B Resources
215(2)
Theory and Research on Culture and Teaching in Higher Education
215(1)
Teaching Guides Related to Culture and Teaching: Collegiate, K--12, and Adult Learning Sources
216(1)
Faculty Teaching Introspection
216(1)
Learning Theory and Research
216(1)
References 217(8)
About the Authors 225(2)
Index 227

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