Featured Topic:
Teaching Diversity and Democracy across the Disciplines: Who, What, and How
By
Jack Meacham, SUNY distinguished teaching professor emeritus, University at Buffalo–State University of New York
Several years ago, as a Fulbright scholar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I assisted high school teachers and university professors in constructing a curriculum to teach students about democracy. I was far from an expert on the topic, but within weeks of my arrival, I had addressed a national conference and spoken at several educational and religious institutions about the need for democratic engagement with diversity--far from an abstraction in a country disengaging from a devastating war that inflamed ethnic differences. In preparing for these events, I found myself struggling to reflect deeply on decades of experience living in the world's best-known pluralist democracy. I felt less than prepared to share my perspectives on diversity and democracy with my colleagues in my host country. READ MORE
About This Issue:
By incorporating diverse content, perspectives, and approaches into the curriculum, faculty of all disciplines have found both pedagogical and curricular routes that strengthen scholarship and prepare students for engagement with today's complex world. This issue of Diversity & Democracy explores the various ways that faculty are engaging with diversity across the disciplines to support student learning and improve achievement of important liberal learning outcomes.
In Every Issue:
Perspectives
Education in a Mash-up Culture
Campus Practice
Envisioning Interdisciplinarity
Global Design Studio
Research Report
Surveys Suggest Positive Trends Related to Diversity and Civic Education
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Issue Highlights:
Infusing Diversity in the Sciences and Professional Disciplines
By
Susan M. Shaw,
Donna A. Champeau,
and
Robert Amico
Creating Interdisciplinary and Global Perspectives through Community-based Research
By
Mary Ann Studer
Literature, Literacy, and Multiculturalism in the Expanded Classroom
By
Eric Daigre
Diversity Content as a Gateway to Deeper Learning
By
Michele DiPietro
Preparing Globally Competitive, Collaborative, and Compassionate Students
By Faisal Jaswal,
Teresa McClane Jaswal, and Star Hang Nga Rush
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