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Creating an Inclusive College Curriculum


A Teaching Sourcebook from
the New Jersey Project

Edited by

Ellen G. Friedman, Wendy K. Kolmar,
Charley B. Flint, and Paula Rothenberg

with the assistance of Jill E. Edwards

TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York and London

Contents

Foreword by Bonnie B. Spanier Acknowledgments Introduction: Received Ideas and Curriculum Transformation Ellen G Friedman

PART I
CREATING A STATEWIDE CURRICULUM PROJECT

  1. Transforming the Curriculum: The New Jersey Project Experience Paula Rothenberg New Jersey's Statewide Initiative
    Residential Summer Institutes
    Regional Network Meetings
    Maintaining a Supportive Environment
    Getting Started in Your State
  1. Sustaining the Curriculum Transformation Process: After the First Year Wendy K. Kolmar Laying the Groundwork in the First Year
    Using Existing Structures and Resources

  2. Institutionalizing Curriculum Change: College and University
    Administrators Discuss the Issues Wendy K. Kolmar, Moderator, and Wilfredo Nieves, Eleanor Smith, Cliff Wood, Helen Stewart, and Catherine Dorsey Gaines The Role of Administrators in Curriculum Transformation Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure of Faculty and Their Relation to Curriculum Transformation

    Funding for Curriculum Transformation Initiatives

  3. Curriculum Transformation at a 2-Year College: Two Views from
    Brookdale Community
    College
    Irma Lester and Freda Hepner

    Establishing a Faculty Group
    Developing New Materials and Adding Student Perspectives

  4. Curriculum Transformation at a 4-Year College: Taking the
    First Steps
    Frances Shapiro-Skrobe, Kathleen Fowler and Rosetta Geller

    Background
    The Workshop Series: Description, Outcomes, and Analysis
    Subsequent Developments

  5. Involving Faculty in Curriculum Transformation: Overcoming
    Resistance at Richard Stockton College
    Nancy, L. Ashton

    Recognizing Faculty Diversity
    Overcoming Faculty Resistance
    Overcoming Frustration and Inertia
    Overcoming Personal Politics
    Staying Motivated

    PART II
    RETHINKING COURSE CONTENT, PERSPECTIVE, AND
    PEDAGOGY

  6. The Politics of Discourse and the End of Argument
    Paula Rothenberg

    Both Sides of the Story
    The Politics of Education
    Curriculum as Power
    Subverting Free Speech
    Recommendations

  7. Teaching About Affirmative Action
    Stephen R. Shalom

    Fairness
    Racial Discrimination: De Jure and de Facto
    Affirmative Steps
    U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
    Social Gains

  8. Teaching About Gender, Ethnicity, Race, and Class: Using African Biography and
    Autobiography
    Allen M. Howard

    Colonial Africa
    Women in Africa
    Political Leaders
    Artists
    Workers
    Religion and Education
    Curricular and Classroom Strategies

  9. Critical Science Scholarship and Curriculum:
    Beyond Androcentrism
    Lynn Hankinson Nelson
    Models of Critical Thinking
    Beyond Androcentric Science
    Understanding Evidence

  10. "Mainlining" Transformation in the General Education Curriculum
    Virginia Ramey Mollenkott

    When the Texts Are Traditional
    When the Textbook Is Inclusive
    When Student Writing Is the Primary Text

  11. Teaching Art History: Recognizing Alterity
    Neil Print:

    From 20th-Century to Modern Art
    For Openers
    Revisiting Inclusion
    Difference: Comparing Visual Comparisons
    Breaking Ranks with the Timeline

  12. Teaching Psychoanalytic Theory in the Feminist Classroom
    Frances Bartkowski

    The Place of History in a Theory Course
    The Risks of Personal Experience

  13. Using Intuition, Emotion, and Personal Story to Teach
    Multicultural Literature
    Sally Hand, Antoinette Liquori, Belkis Petrus, and Ellen Romain
    Sally
    Toni
    Belle
    Ellen

  14. Journal Writing as Feminist Pedagogy
    Ann L. Saltzman

    The Journal as Central
    Evaluating Journals
    Some Words of Caution

    PART III
    SYLLABI AND NARRATIVES

  15. Change in Societies: An interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching
    Modern History
    Lois Fichner-Rathus

    About the Course
    Student Composition and Level
    Incorporation of Gender, Race, and Class into the Course
    Student's Reactions to the Course
    Modification of Course Content
    Syllabus for Change in Societies
    Schedule of Classes and Readings

  16. African Women: Two Decades of Evolving Historical
    Perspectives at Trenton State College
    Gloria Harper Dickinson

    Early Survey Courses
    Nationalist Theory
    International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
    Syllabus for Africana Women in Historical Perspective
    Course Outline

  17. Immigrant Women in the New World: African and Caribbean
    Communities and Cultures
    JoAnn Cunningham

    Course Purpose and Content
    Assignments: Description and Purpose

    Evaluation
    Student Response to the Course
    Course Outline
    Required Texts and Articles
    Recommended Readings

  18. Women, Culture, and Society: Introduction to Women's Studies
    Manijeh Saba

    Course Requirements
    Required Reading
    Recommended Reading
    Course Outline

  19. A Course in the History of Western Sexuality
    Adam Knobler Syllabus for Topics in tile History of Western Sexuality
    Course Outline
    Texts

  20. Women in the Middle East: A History 'tutorial Jo-Ann Gross Syllabus for Women in the Middle East
  21. Women Artists: Changing the Course of History
    Lois Fichner-Rathus

    Women Artists at Trenton State College
    The Course
    Course Objectives
    Syllabus for Women Artists in History
    Course Outline

  22. Teaching Diversity in Western Philosophy and Religion
    John Kaltner and Andrea Tschemplik

    Perspectives on "Perspectives"
    The Medium Is the Message
    Syllabus for New Perspectives in Philosophy and Religion
    Reading Schedule

  23. Racism and Sexism in the United States: Introduction to
    Women's Studies
    Arlene Holpp Scala

    Teaching Racism and Sexism in the United States
    The Course
    Course Outline

  24. Teaching Difference: Two Courses-Homosexuality & Society
    and AIDS & Gender
    Susan Cavin

    Syllabus for Homosexuality & Society
    Lecture Topics
    Syllabus for Aids & Gender
    Lecture Topics

  25. Teaching Queer: Bringing Lesbian and Gay Studies into the
    Community College Classroom ,br> Joanne Glasgow and F. David Kievitt

    Teacher Positioning
    Student Positioning
    Guiding Principles

  26. Women in Technological Cultures
    Nancy Steffen-Fluhr and Norbert Elliot

    Course Description
    The Students
    Problems and Solutions
    Student Gains
    Detailed Course Outline

  27. Environmental Science: A Syllabus with Transformation Strategies
    Sara L. Webb

    Forging Connections
    Good Pedagogy
    Feminist Pedagogy and Scientific Objectivity
    Role Models and Mentoring
    Inclusive Language
    Building Skills
    Ecofeminism and Deep Ecology
    Syllabus for Advanced Environmental Science
    Course Outline
    Conclusions

  28. Integrating Feminism into the Nursing Curriculum: Experiences in
    Required and Elective Courses
    Susan Boughn

    Integrating Feminist and Gender Issue,;
    Designing and Teaching an Elective Feminist Women's Health
    Course

  29. Guiding the Learning Experiences of Young Children: A Course in
    Early Childhood Education
    Blythe F. Hinitz

    Excerpts from the Syllabus for Guiding the Learning
    Experiences of Young Children
    Course Requirements
    The Institution and the Students
    Diversity Infusion
    Student Reactions, Te aching Problems, Course Modification
    What Students Gain

  30. Beyond Math Anxiety: Developmental Mathematics
    Laura Hepburn Rawlins

    Cource Outline for Basic Algebra
    Sample Assignment: A Look Inside

  31. Curriculum Transformation in Calculus 1
    Diane Kalish and Beva Eastman
    Syllabus for The Psychology of Women of Color

    Traditional Syllabus for Calculus I
    Transforming the Traditional Course
    Sample Assignments

  32. The Social Analysis of Difference
    Rhoda K. Unger

    Getting Started
    Purpose and Structure of the Course
    Some Concluding Comments
    Syllabus for Social Analysis of Difference
    Course Outline

  33. Integrating the New Scholarship into Introductory Psychology
    Toby Silverman

    Objectives
    Texts
    Supplemental Materials
    Beyond Traditional "Self" Psychology Theory
    Beyond Traditional Moral Development Theory
    Syllabus for Introductory Psychology
    Course Outline

  34. Introduction to the Psychology of Women
    Karen G. Howe

    Course Characteristics
    Impact
    Syllabus for Psychology of Women
    Course Outline

  35. The Psychology of Women of Color: Culture, Acculturation,
    Ruth L. Hall
    Composition and Level of the Students
    Course Description
    Course Objectives
    Teaching Problems
    Syllabus for The Psychology of Women of Color

    Course Outline
    Suggested Reserve Readings

  36. Advanced Studies in the Psychology of Women
    Ann L. Saltzman

    Course Outline

  37. Advanced Women's Studies: Psychoanalysis and Feminist Theory
    Frances Bartkowski

    Course Outline
    Selected Bibliography

  38. Philosophy of Science Syllabus
    Lynn Hankinson Nelson
    Course Information
    Course Requirements
    Texts
    Schedule of Readings and Discussions

  39. Teaching About Elder Women: Wallflowers at the Women's
    Roxanne Friedenfels

    Why Integrate Elder Women into the Curriculum?
    Syllabus for Sociology of Aging
    Calendar and Assignments

  40. Teaching the Sociology of Women and Work
    Laura Kramer

    Student Attitudes