Diversity Resources
Campus Climate for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered People
Campus Climate for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered People: A National Perspective. A report from the Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. April 2003.
http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/reports/reports/CampusClimate.pdf
Digest of Education Statistics
This site provides a massive statistical compilation of socioeconomic data, i.e., Levels of Education, Outcomes of Education, International Comparisons of Education.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/digest/
Diversity
This site offers both a classification and definitions of diversity, i.e., race, ethnicity, gender, language, special needs, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic and geographic differences.
http://www.tommihail.net/diversity.html
Diversity Education Program
This site is an excellent source of background materials, links, and activities for diversity and multicultural issues. It is a must for both beginning and experienced educators.
http://diversity.ucdavis.edu/html/external_resources.html
Diversity Essay Series
This series of essays, developed and printed by the University of Colorado at Boulder, feature different pedagogies on diversity in the college classroom.
http://www.colorado.edu/ftep/publications/diversity.html
Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education
This site is the home of the Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education. Each issue has a theme. For example, the Fall 2001 theme was "Interracial and Mixed-Racial Relationships and Families." Its multiple offerings justify checking this site for thematic applicability.
http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme
Key Characteristics of a Multicultural Curriculum
Key Characteristics of a Multicultural Curriculum. A brief outline describing the delivery, content, teaching materials, perspective, inclusivity, social and civic responsibility and assessments characteristic of a multicultural curriculum.
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/curriculum/characteristics.html
Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom
Sometimes things seem to explode in the classroom, and what do we do then? How do we address important, but hot, topics -- religion, politics, race, class, gender -- in our classroom discussions? "Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom" by Lee Warren of Harvard University's Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, offers strategies for turning difficult encounters into learning opportunities.
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58474/hotmoments.html
Multicultural Education and Ethnic Groups: Selected Internet Sources
This site serves as an Internet clearinghouse of resources for multicultural education. Selections include background articles, biographies, book reviews, discussion groups, lesson plans, and links to resources on specific areas of interest, such as ethnic cooking, folklore, and holidays. This site lends itself to browsing in order to define areas of interest.
http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/lboyer/multicultural/main.htm
Multicultural Education Pavilion
One of the many valuable contributions of this site is its Multicultural Awareness Quiz designed to clarify assumptions and promote awareness of multicultural issues.
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/index.html
Multicultural Teaching
This is a must peruse site with an emphasis on practical discussions of various diversity subtopics, i.e., multiculturalism, teaching effectively--everything from course content to problematic assumptions to learning styles. Of particular use are the CRLT Multicultural Occasional Papers and the Multicultural Teaching Strategies.
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/multiteaching/multiteaching.html
PFLAG.org
Hate crimes, or bias-motivated crimes are offenses motivated by hatred against a victim based on his or her race, religion, sexual orientation, handicap, ethnicity, or national origin. Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbian and Gays' website explores the issues surrounding hate crimes and hate crime legislation.
http://www.pflag.org/education/hatecrimes.html
Project Implicit
Are you aware of your attitudes about yourself and others based on age, race, gender, and academic background? Harvard University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington have developed the Implicit Association Test to help you find out.
http://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
Sensitivity to Women in the Contemporary Classroom
Sensitivity to Women in the Contemporary Classroom--from the Tips for Teachers series by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University. Explores ways to insure that all students participate in class discussions.
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58474/TFTwomen.html
Ten Common Fallacies About Bilingual Education
This site lists and elucidates four common misconceptions about language diversity: that English literacy is threatened; that English literacy is the only literacy worth noting; that immigrants today are not as eager to learn English as past generations were; and that English-only instruction is the best way to promote English literacy.
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/crawford01.html
Transcript of Harvard Educational Review's Ethnicity and Education Forum: What Difference Does Difference Make?
"Transcript of Harvard Educational Review's Ethnicity and Education Forum: What Difference Does Difference Make?" Harvard Educational Review. Summer 1997. 15 November 2002.
http://www.hepg.org/her/abstract/221
Women and Men in the Classroom: Inequality and Its Remedies
Catherine G. Krupnick, in her article "Women and Men in the Classroom: Inequality and Its Remedies" explains how she analyzed videotaped class sessions to answer the research questions: What are the differences, if any, between male and female students' participation in classroom discussion? How does the gender of the teacher affect the students' participation?
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58474/krupnick.html
Working on Common Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges
Working on Common Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges by Marcelle E. DuPraw, National Institute for Dispute Resolution and Marya Axner, Consultant in Leadership Development & Diversity Awareness
http://www.jyu.fi/mclinic/cis/cross-cultural.html
Working with Youth: Guidelines for Affiliates of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
The PFLAG website offers "Working with Youth: Guidelines for Affiliates of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)"
http://www.pflag.org/fileadmin/Guidelines_for_Working_with_Youth.pdf
