multicultural

Research on teamwork in professional contexts illuminates the issues that arise for students as well.   The issues come from sources other than differences of language or classroom experience; they can come from different views of organizations, hierarchy, decision-making, and -- perhaps most important -- expressing agreement or disagreement.  Whether students see these differences as being individual or culture may be less important than helping them identify differences and work through them. 


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“Multicultural teaching” means different things according to one’s course goals and one’s discipline. The following links provide useful information for a wide range of college teaching contexts. If you want to suggest other web-based sources for this page, please email crlt@umich.edu and put “Multicultural Teaching” in the subject line.


Key teaching strategies that help engage students from a range of academic or social backgrounds

Information on course planning

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