Diversity and triumphs of navigating the terrain of academe : international perspectives /
Diversity and triumphs of navigating the terrain of academe : international perspectives /
edited by Raphael Heaggans, Henry T. Frierson.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 144 pages) : illustrations
- Diversity in higher education ; volume 23 .
- Diversity in higher education ; v. 23. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Cover; Diversity and Triumphs of Navigating the Terrain of Academe: International Perspectives; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; About the Authors; Introduction The Great Gulf Between Our Progress Yesterday and Our Survival Tomorrow: Swimming in the Academe Ocean; Microaggressions: Microassaults, Microinsults, and Microinvalidation; References; Talk Is Cheap: The Prospects and Problems with Campus Conversations on Race; Introduction; Considering the Spectrum of Attitudes and Responses in Racial and Ethnic Dialogue Confronting Indifference in Racial and Ethnic DialogueCritical Dialogues with Empathy and Advocacy; Conclusion; Notes; References; Navigating Through PhD Programs: Experiences of Ghanaian PhD Graduates from Universities Across the Globe; Introduction; Methodology; Findings and Discussion; Factors that Motivated PhD Graduates to Pursue their Programs; Challenges that Confronted PhD Graduates in Pursuance of their PhD Programs; Cutting off Social Ties; Financial Constraints; Difficulty in Managing Time; Language and Cultural Differences; Difficulty in Getting Available Materials on the Study Proposal and Thesis DefenseCommuting from One Place to Another; Effects of the Challenges Encountered by the PhD Students; Loss of Social Capital; Health and Life Risks; Delay in Making Progress; Conclusion; Recommendation; References; Walk Steady, Keep Going: Navigational Moves of Empowerment, Resistance, and Sustenance in the Academy; Introduction; Story Telling Grounded in My Roots; Theoretical Framing -- Critical Race Theory; Navigational Moves of Empowerment, Resistance, and Sustenance; Decolonizing Education -- Finding My Footing and Walking Steady; Spirituality; Self-care Developing a Supportive NetworkConclusion; References; Progressing Culturally Responsive Assessment for Higher Education Institutions; Introduction; Background and Rationale; Key Building Blocks of Culturally Responsive Assessment; Definition of Culture; Definition for Culturally Responsive Assessment; Fairness in Assessment; Validity and Culture; Language Matters; Dimensions of Cultural Difference; Identified Cultural Dimensions; Faculty as Researchers of Students; Researching the Self; Criteria for Culturally Responsive Assessment; Assessment Modes with Potential to be Culturally Fair Exercise in Designing Culturally Responsive AssessmentPilot Study; Discussion and Conclusion; Note; References; Navigating the Politics of the Academe; Introduction; Anticolonial; Zuhra Abawi; Zachary Njagi Ndwiga; Njoki Wane; The Purpose of University Education; Discussion; Precarious Labor; Conclusion; References; Negotiating University Teaching in Canada using Critical Race Theory: Having to Continually Prove Oneself in Academia; Introduction; Defining "Racialization"; Problematizing Race; Critical Race Theory; Teaching in Higher Education; Teaching Difficult Issues
This volume is written as a treatise to dismantle the powers of discriminatory incubuses that have haunted institutions of higher learning, one narrative at a time.
9781789736076 (electronic bk.) 1789736072 (electronic bk.) 9781789736090 (ePub ebook) 1789736099
9781789736090 Emerald Publishing
GBB945444 bnb
019284945 Uk
Minorities in higher education.
Racism in higher education.
Sexism in higher education.
Discrimination in higher education.
Minorités dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Racisme dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Sexisme dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Discrimination in higher education.
Minorities in higher education.
Racism in higher education.
Sexism in higher education.
Electronic books.
LC212.4
378.19829
378
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Cover; Diversity and Triumphs of Navigating the Terrain of Academe: International Perspectives; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; About the Authors; Introduction The Great Gulf Between Our Progress Yesterday and Our Survival Tomorrow: Swimming in the Academe Ocean; Microaggressions: Microassaults, Microinsults, and Microinvalidation; References; Talk Is Cheap: The Prospects and Problems with Campus Conversations on Race; Introduction; Considering the Spectrum of Attitudes and Responses in Racial and Ethnic Dialogue Confronting Indifference in Racial and Ethnic DialogueCritical Dialogues with Empathy and Advocacy; Conclusion; Notes; References; Navigating Through PhD Programs: Experiences of Ghanaian PhD Graduates from Universities Across the Globe; Introduction; Methodology; Findings and Discussion; Factors that Motivated PhD Graduates to Pursue their Programs; Challenges that Confronted PhD Graduates in Pursuance of their PhD Programs; Cutting off Social Ties; Financial Constraints; Difficulty in Managing Time; Language and Cultural Differences; Difficulty in Getting Available Materials on the Study Proposal and Thesis DefenseCommuting from One Place to Another; Effects of the Challenges Encountered by the PhD Students; Loss of Social Capital; Health and Life Risks; Delay in Making Progress; Conclusion; Recommendation; References; Walk Steady, Keep Going: Navigational Moves of Empowerment, Resistance, and Sustenance in the Academy; Introduction; Story Telling Grounded in My Roots; Theoretical Framing -- Critical Race Theory; Navigational Moves of Empowerment, Resistance, and Sustenance; Decolonizing Education -- Finding My Footing and Walking Steady; Spirituality; Self-care Developing a Supportive NetworkConclusion; References; Progressing Culturally Responsive Assessment for Higher Education Institutions; Introduction; Background and Rationale; Key Building Blocks of Culturally Responsive Assessment; Definition of Culture; Definition for Culturally Responsive Assessment; Fairness in Assessment; Validity and Culture; Language Matters; Dimensions of Cultural Difference; Identified Cultural Dimensions; Faculty as Researchers of Students; Researching the Self; Criteria for Culturally Responsive Assessment; Assessment Modes with Potential to be Culturally Fair Exercise in Designing Culturally Responsive AssessmentPilot Study; Discussion and Conclusion; Note; References; Navigating the Politics of the Academe; Introduction; Anticolonial; Zuhra Abawi; Zachary Njagi Ndwiga; Njoki Wane; The Purpose of University Education; Discussion; Precarious Labor; Conclusion; References; Negotiating University Teaching in Canada using Critical Race Theory: Having to Continually Prove Oneself in Academia; Introduction; Defining "Racialization"; Problematizing Race; Critical Race Theory; Teaching in Higher Education; Teaching Difficult Issues
This volume is written as a treatise to dismantle the powers of discriminatory incubuses that have haunted institutions of higher learning, one narrative at a time.
9781789736076 (electronic bk.) 1789736072 (electronic bk.) 9781789736090 (ePub ebook) 1789736099
9781789736090 Emerald Publishing
GBB945444 bnb
019284945 Uk
Minorities in higher education.
Racism in higher education.
Sexism in higher education.
Discrimination in higher education.
Minorités dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Racisme dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Sexisme dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Discrimination in higher education.
Minorities in higher education.
Racism in higher education.
Sexism in higher education.
Electronic books.
LC212.4
378.19829
378