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Our Feelings About Trayvon
I teach at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC). BCCC has a population that is predominantly African-American. As a Professor of Sociology, I hear about all of the issues, concerns, and feelings that my students bring to class with them each … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore City Community College, diversity, Emmett Till, empathy, ethnicity, Florida, injustice, intolerance, Martin Luther King, prejudgments, prejudice, profiling, race, Rodney King, Sanford, sociology, students, teachable moment, Trayvon Martin
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Teachers, Race, and Homework
Before teachers attempt to carry on conversations about race, they need to work on themselves. What that entails varies from teacher to teacher. Recently, a prominent educational innovator has recommended that the lingering and persistent achievement gap among Black, White, … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement gap, black, conversations about race, cultural silos, culture, dimensions of diversity, Disney, educators, ethnic group, experiential learning, Hispanic, history, identity, imagineers, language, multiracial world, personal growth, race, racial group, racial issues, racial silos, students, teachers, white
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CQ Megaskill: Shifting Perspectives
As a professor of sociology, one of the most important learning outcomes in my classes is that students will learn to shift perspectives. Shifting perspectives, a “megaskill” I discuss in Building Cultural Intelligence (CQ), is the ability to put oneself, … Continue reading
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Tagged Building Cultural Intelligence, comfort zones, community college, Community College Survey of Student Engagement, CQ, cross-cultural interaction, cultural intelligence, culture, diverse perspectives, global economy, leadership, learning opportunities, learning outcomes, megaskill, mental hospital, perspective-shifting, shifting perspectives, social responsibility, sociology, students, survey, The Invisible Man, Vietnam War, viewpoints, women's college
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Tutu the Teacher
Last week, Archbishop Desmond Tutu retired at the age of 79. As a teacher, his students spanned the globe. One of the most important lessons I learned from him has to do with our hidden biases, and the subtle ways … Continue reading
Achievement Gap
The achievement gap between White and Black/Latino/Native American public high school students is not getting any better. Any progress we have made in recent years has come to a halt. Seemingly, we have focused on all those factors that might … Continue reading