Teaching for Diversity: A Guide to Greater Understanding

by Ricardo L. García

In Teaching for Diversity (Third Edition), Ricardo Garcia argues that increasing student diversity in classrooms across North America places two imperatives on educators: they must learn effective strategies for teaching diverse groups of students, and they must integrate skills for accepting and thriving in diverse groups into their teaching. He moves from a broad overview of the history of schooling and attitudes toward diversity in education to a specific treatment of today's schools' needs and objectives. This resource employs both theory and concrete examples to construct a vision of schools as the foundation for an inclusive, democratic society.

199 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Ricardo L. García is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and author of four other books of fiction, Coal Camp Days (2001), Brother Bill’s Bait Bites Back (2004), Coal Camp Justice (2005), Ants in My Pants: Woodstock Poems (2011), and one non-fiction textbook, Teaching for Diversity (2011).

Reviews

[Stephanie Allen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had to read this for one of my Master's classes. Pretty dry and very much geared toward what I would call "indoctrination". While there were some good concepts in this book for teaching for diversity in the classroom, there were also a lot of subtle jabs toward Euro-centered textbooks and teaching. While I do agree it is extremely important to teach multiple sides of historical events, I do have 100% European heritage in my background and I didn't appreciate the way the book made other cultures and backgrounds seem more important. Two stars since there was some helpful info but I did not like the subtle jabs at White and European culture.

[Hector I Burgos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear and practical learning

Filled with wisdom and knowledge and many examples for all teachers to apply on the classroom. Easy and engaging reading