Reaching African-American Students in the Classroom

Authors

Jonathan Collett

Date of this Version

1990

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy, published by The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, volume 9, 1990.

Comments

License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Changing the Cultural Climate of Higher Education

The Challenge of Diversity at One Public College

African-American Students in the Traditional Classroom

Teaching Strategies for the Culturally Diverse Classroom

1. Awareness of our own culture-bound learning style

2. Tolerance of "disorder" and emotion

3. High expectations

4. Friendly intervention

5. Class sessions on cultural diversity

6. Frequent class evaluations

7. A pedagogical mix

A Mandate for Faculty Development in the 1990s

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