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Human Diversity in Education Book Cover
Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach, 4/e
Kenneth H. Cushner, Kent State University, Kent
Averil McClelland, Kent State University, Kent
Philip Safford, Case Western Reserve University
Education in a Changing Society

Essay





1

Briefly discuss the factors that appear to make attention to gender in schooling important to both research and practice.
2

Briefly discuss why you think that the emphasis in schools is shifting from teaching to learning. What effect do you think this shift will have on the role of teachers?
3

Discuss, with examples, at least three "shifts" that schools are experiencing as they move from the Industrial Era to the Information Era.
4

It is mentioned in the text that to make the change from Second Wave to Third Wave organizations will be difficult. What is it about people that makes change so hard?
5

Briefly discuss at least two attributes of stories that make them likely pedagogical tools for teaching about diversity.








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