Transforming the Curriculum

Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies

341 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Brings together leading scholars to examine how integrating race, gender, ethnicity, and class into higher education can reshape scholarship, pedagogy, and the liberal arts curriculum.As colleges and universities confront the urgent need to rethink traditional academic frameworks, Transforming the Curriculum offers a vision for inclusive and interdisciplinary education. Bringing together leading scholars in ethnic studies, women's studies, history, literature, and cultural theory, this landmark collection explores how race, gender, class, and identity reshape the liberal arts curriculum.From feminist pedagogy and anti-racist teaching strategies to African American, Chicano, Jewish, Asian American, and American Indian studies, the essays in this volume challenge conventional academic boundaries while offering practical models for curricular reform. Contributors address the politics of representation, the transformation of scholarship, and the evolving role of higher education in a multicultural society.Featuring influential voices including Johnnetta B. Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ruth Frankenberg, and Frank Chin, this collection remains an essential resource for educators, students, and scholars committed to transforming teaching and learning.

• Reihe: SUNY Press
• ISBN: 9780791405871
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.10.1991
• Größe: 229 x 153 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Herausgegeben von: Johnnella E. Butler, John C. Walter