Presents a case study of the University of Maryland Office of Human Relations Programs' (OHRP) efforts to confront Christian privilege and build a religiously, spiritually, faith-based, and secularly inclusive community campus-wide. Highlights four stages: rifts and tensions, reconnecting, reconceptualization, and realization. Concludes that…

Surveyed and interviewed full-time faculty in colleges of education at four urban, Midwestern, universities to determine their perceptions, practice, and knowledge of diversity issues in addressing commonly mandated directives in pre-service programs. Respondents attempted to meet national accrediting standards, offered special required courses,…

Describes an arts-based approach to the study of multicultural education that challenges pre-service students to address various relevant topics while enabling an aesthetic understanding of the issues. Examines how the creation of artwork serves as a personal act of meaning-making for students, allowing them to create a vision for a project of…

Examines the development and alterations in the American Cultures curriculum at the University of California (Berkeley) designed to accommodate emerging student diversity. The following course topics are highlighted: English, Anthropology, and History. (GR)

Examines the ethnic distribution between college of education faculty and public school teachers. Describes one comprehensive program designed to help reduce this type of ethnic discrepancy. Discusses how the program enhances faculty sensitivity to cultural issues, provides support for minorities in a teacher education program, and extends within…

Discusses gender issues in U.S. schools, focusing on gender equity at the college level; harassment as a barrier to equity; gender equity at the K-12 level; and what can be done (e.g., interpreting state content standards through a feminist reform perspective, addressing the importance of classroom community and the tendency of many educators to…

Investigated the perceptions and images of diverse student teachers in an elementary science methods course about what constituted a scientist. Data from surveys, interviews, and observations indicated that students displayed common stereotypic features of what constituted a scientist (white males working in laboratories) and demonstrated how…

Investigated the impact of an immersion experience, involving an interfaith trip to Holocaust sites in Poland, on preservice teachers' knowledge and beliefs regarding the Holocaust. Notes the extent to which they made connections between the Holocaust and contemporary racism, intolerance, and injustice. Pre- and post-experience data indicated that…

Explored the experiences of five visible minority immigrant women as they went through the teacher certification process in Ontario, Canada. All had teaching experience and certification in their native countries. Data from observations and interviews indicated that these women faced great obstacles (systematic, social, and general) in attempting…

Describes a project within an early childhood multicultural teacher education program that examined what makes educational environments conducive to discussing culturally sensitive issues. Diverse students participated in two discussions, created guidelines, and completed interviews and questionnaires. Students and the instructor stressed the…

Explored the cognitive and affective outcomes of participating in the University of Maryland's Intergroup Dialogue Program to promote social justice among diverse students. Post-program interviews indicated that many students had changed perceptions of self and society after the program. Though they had more interactions across different groups…

Reviews six films about issues related to multicultural and social justice education in the United States: "It's Elementary: Talking about Gay Issues in School"; "Starting Small: Teaching Children Tolerance"; "In Whole Honor?"; "Children Talk about AIDS"; "Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary";…

Multiculturalism that both transforms and informs is important. Recommends applying postmodern theory to transformative understanding of multiculturalism. Juxtaposes transformative multiculturalism with aspects of postmodern theorization of American society, illustrating this theoretical construct with research on college classrooms as…

Stresses the importance of U.S. history textbooks containing information that is accurate, realistic, and comprehensive, noting that while there are increased portrayals of Native Americans in today's history textbooks, portraying them in a stereotypical manner that suggests a single type of Indian culture is inappropriate and may affect students'…

Describes the advantages of an art-centered approach to diversity education in teaching and learning, which provides students with both a window into others' reality and a mirror that reflects their own cultural identity and community. Explains how to craft an art-centered approach to diversity education, offering examples of instructional…