Understanding Conflict and Change in a Multicultural World - Couverture souple

Kaplan, H. Roy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1475807678 ISBN 13 : 9781475807677

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

Learning about the history of cultural conflict helps teachers reduce it in classrooms. This book shows our common origins and reviews sources of conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East. It reveals how prejudice and stereotypes about racial and religious minorities create problems in our schools.

Beginning with the human exodus out of Africa 60,000 years ago, tension arose among ethnic groups separated by geographic barriers. Changes in population, immigration, work and the role of religion are creating clashes in society and schools.

Students from different cultural backgrounds are being thrown together as mass transportation and telecommunications shrink our world. Inclusive classrooms with respectful learning environments can be achieved when we identify the sources of tension that separate and divide us. Students are more alike than different. Knowing about our common origin and challenges will help teachers become more effective.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

H. Roy Kaplan is a visiting associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Formerly the executive director of the National Conference for Community and Justice of Tampa Bay, Dr. Kaplan has received local and national honors for his work in making schools culturally friendly for all students and staff.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1475807678
• ISBN 13: 9781475807677
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible