ED348152 PS020680
Title: Common Bonds: Anti-Bias Teaching in a Diverse Society.
Author(s): Byrnes, Deborah A., Ed.; Kiger, Gary, Ed.
Author Affiliation: Association for Childhood Education International,
Wheaton, MD.(BBB22406)
Pages: 111
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0-87173-125-8
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC05 Plus Postage.
Availability: Association for Childhood Education International, 11501
Georgia Avenue, Suite 315, Wheaton, MD 20902 ($15).
Language: English
Document Type: Collected works--General (020); Test/questionnaires
(160)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Maryland
Journal Announcement: RIEDEC1992
Target Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
This collection
of essays seeks to prepare educational theorists and practitioners
to accept diversity as a fundamental element in all educational
decision making. The collection defines diversity broadly to include
differences along racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, ability,
socioeconomic, language, and gender lines. Themes running throughout
the collection include the reality of cultural diversity in all
segments of American culture and the relationship between theory,
research, and practice. Another important theme is the teacher's
ability to create an environment in which differences are recognized
and accepted, while simultaneously providing students with a common
set of norms and values that bind students together. A foreword
by Geneva Gay, and a preliminary overview by Gary Kiger and Deborah
A. Byrnes provide an introduction to the book and to diversity as
an educational issue. The book's seven chapters are: (1) "Addressing
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in the Classroom," by Deborah
A. Byrnes; (2) "Living with Our Deepest Differences: Religious
Diversity in the Classroom," by Charles H. Haynes; (3) "Ability
Differences in the Classroom: Teaching and Learning in Inclusive
Classrooms," by Mara Sapon-Shevin; (4) "Class Differences:
Economic Inequality in the Classroom," by Ellen Davidson and
Nancy Schniedewind; (5) "Language Diversity in the Classroom,"
by Deborah A. Byrnes and Deana Cortez; (6) "Gender Equity in
the Classroom," by Beverly Hardcastle Stanford; and (7) "Diversity
in the Classroom: A Checklist" by Karen Matsumoto-Grah. (AC)
Descriptors: Check Lists; *Cultural Awareness; *Cultural Pluralism;
Economically Disadvantaged; Elementary Secondary Education; Heterogeneous
Grouping; Racial Relations; Religious Differences; Religious Factors;
*Sex Fairness; Social Bias; Social Differences; *Teacher Role; Teacher
Student Relationship; *Theory Practice Relationship
Identifiers: *Diversity (Student); Language Diversity
