Learning Resources

This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of the assigned resources for this week. To view this week's media resources, please use the streaming media players below.

Required Readings

Course Text: Bucher, R. D. (2015). Diversity consciousness: Opening our minds to people, cultures, and opportunities (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: PearsonEducation.

Chapter 1, "Diversity: An Overview"
Chapter 5, "Communicating in a Diverse World" (p. 144, "Eight Ground Rules for Difficult Dialogues")

Media

Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (n.d.). Cultural and linguistic diversity [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 24 minutes.

Dr. Eugene Garcia illustrates his views of the growing cultural and linguistic diversity in the United States by sharing his personal story and by describing some of the demographic trends that are impacting education and society. This program is part of a lecture to a group of early childhood educators, but his message is applicable to educators of all ages.Accessible player

Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (n.d.). Classroom demonstration: Diversity profile activity [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 19 minutes.

Dr. Talmadge Guy conducts an activity with a group of adult learners in which they share and discuss their "earliest memories of difference."
Optional Resources
Websites

Tolerance.org provides a variety of resources to support diversity education.

http://www.tolerance.org/

There are a number of websites that provide free demographic information by zip code, which can give you information about the sociocultural and economic makeup of your local area, and compare it with other areas of the United States.
http://zipskinny.com
http://zipwho.com/

With these Learning Resources in mind, please proceed to the Content Review.

week 1 Content Review: Difficult Dialogues

In this course, you are likely to engage in "difficult dialogues" with your classmates as you raise controversial issues and identify points of disagreement. It's important that you are prepared to engage in these kinds of discussions productively, both in the context of this course and for your future practice.

In your text, read the section on page 144 titled "Eight Ground Rules for Difficult Dialogues."

Think of a past experience in which you had the opportunity for a "difficult dialogue" with a friend or family member. Evaluate the process and outcome of that dialogue. How did it go? What was the result?

Write three or four paragraphs on what you did well during that experience, and what you might have done differently. Use concepts from your reading to think of at least two things you might have done that would have improved the outcome of that dialogue.