Description

Over the past three decades, American higher education has witnessed a shift in demographics which has created a more diverse student body. However, many university campuses remain unsupportive or even hostile to minority faculty and students. This anthology introduces to readers the Difference, Power, and Discrimination (DPD) Program, a 15-year-old curricular model, at Oregon State University. DPD is concerned with helping students understand the complex dynamics of difference, power, and discrimination and how these dynamics influence institutions, with the goal of empowering students to alleviate oppression and other negative outcomes. Teaching for Change addresses the needs of those who are engaged in diversity training and curricular reforms both in higher education and public schools. It will serve as a useful guide for administrators as well as teaching faculty who are interested in initiating similar programs.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Difference, Power and Discrimination (DPD), Social Justice and Curricular Reform
Part 2 Overview
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: A History of Difference, Power, and Discrimination at Oregon State University
Part 4 Rationale and Need
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Course Rationale, Criteria, and Design
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Difference, Power, and Discrimination: Role in the OSU Baccalaureate Core
Part 7 Faculty Development: The DPD Faculty Seminar
Chapter 8 Chapter 4: The DPD Seminar: A Pedagogical Model for Negotiating Difference
Chapter 9 Chapter 5: Teaching Teachers to Transgress: Facilitating the DPD Seminar
Part 10 Pedagogy, Curriculum Development, and Curriculum Transformation
Chapter 11 Chapter 6: Challenges and Rewards of Teaching DPD in a Science Curriculum
Chapter 12 Chapter 7: Writing-to-Learn and Writing for Change
Chapter 13 Chapter 8: Difference, Power, and Discrimination in Engineering Education
Chapter 14 Chapter 9: DPD and Graduate Education: Earning an Advanced Degree in a Fragmented Curriculum
Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Transcending "Just Another Baccalaureate Requirement": Operationalizing the Teachings of Difference, Power and Discrimination
Part 16 Institutional Strategies
Chapter 17 Chapter 11: Applying DPD at Other Institutions: An Incremental Additive Approach
Chapter 18 Chapter 12: Difference, Power, and Responsibility at Chemeketa Community College
Chapter 19 Chapter 13: Creating, Sustaining, and Transforming Difference, Power and Discrimination Programs

Product details

Published Jan 27 2007
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 262
ISBN 9780739114308
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 234 x 160 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Jun Xing

Anthology Editor

Judith Li

Anthology Editor

Larry D. Roper

Anthology Editor

Susan M. Shaw

Contributor

Larry Roper

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Joa Gross

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Janet Nishihara

Contributor

Lani Roberts

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Barbara Paige

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Susan Shaw

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Annie Popkin

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Janet Lockhart

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Joseph McGuire

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Roni Sue

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Robert Amico

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Maureen McGlynn

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