Race Dialogues: A Facilitator'S Guide To Tackling The Elephant In The Classroom

All too often, race discourse in the United States devolves into shouting matches, silence, or violence, all of which are mirrored in todayÆs classrooms. This book will help individuals develop the skills needed to facilitate difficult dialogues across race in high school and college classrooms, in teacher professional learning communities, and beyond. The authors codify best practices in race dialogue facilitation by drawing on decades of research and examples from their own practices. They share their mistakes and hard-earned lessons to help readers avoid common pitfalls. Through their concrete lesson plans and hands-on material, both experienced and novice facilitators can immediately use this inclusive and wide-ranging curriculum in a variety of classrooms, work spaces, and organizations with diverse participants. ôRace Dialogues: A Facilitator?s Guide to Tackling the Elephant in the Classroom is a scholarly, timely, and urgently needed book. While there is other literature on facilitation of intergroup dialogues, none are so deeply and effectively focused on raceùthe elephant in the room.ö ùFrom the foreword by Patricia Gurin, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor and Emeritus Research Director, University of Michigan ôThis brilliant book is a gold mine of wisdom and resources for teachers, facilitators, and student dialogue leaders. It summarizes, explains, and elaborates upon everything I have ever been taught about what makes for great facilitation. With experience and compassion, the authors have written a clear, user-friendly guide to facilitation of race dialogue for both youth and adults. I will recommend this book to every facilitator and teacher I train or hire.ö ùAli Michael, director of the Race Institute for Kû12 Educators and author of Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education

• | Author: Donna Rich Kaplowitz, and Sheri Seyka Shayla Reese Griffin
• | Publisher: Teachers College Press
• | Publication Date: May 03, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Education
• | ISBN-10: 0807761303
• | ISBN-13: 9780807761304