ERIC Number: ED386106
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Publication Date: 1995-Apr
Pages: 19
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Assisting Higher Education Professors with Multicultural Classroom Challenges.
Johnson, Regina E.
This paper describes an ongoing effort at Middle Tennessee State University to involve teaching faculty in the exploration of issues surrounding the growing diversity in the campus population. It discusses the background and rationale for the project, planning phases, and implementation. An orientation session was developed, centered on presentation of "The Intercultural Classroom, A Different Place," a video docudrama produced by the Intercultural Resources Corporation. Response to the orientation session was negligible, drawing mainly faculty with an interest in communications or intercultural and international affairs. A three-tiered plan of action was then developed which included activities within the college of liberal arts, campus-wide involvement, and several nationally-grounded exercises. These included nationwide teleconferences, Internet discussion lists, campus cultural and diversity activities, and department meetings on multiculturalism. Suggestions for program improvement are discussed. (MDM)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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