Diversity in the classroom. Resources and References

Resources at UF:

Reading and Writing Center: From grammar and spelling issues to time management training. They offer workshops, conferences and even personal appointments.

UF International Center: Immigration issues, internships, OPT (optional practical training), forms in order to get in and out the United States, renovation of the visa, health insurance and even social activities to meet other international students

Counseling Center: To deal with personal, academic, and career concerns. They will also help you in case you are suffering with anxiety, depression or other problems.

CITT: Center for Instructional Technology and Training: Workshops from how to use Power Point or how to design a Web site to using E-learning and using Turn-it-in

Multicultural and Diversity Affairs: Institutes and program areas, mentoring, calendar, education and training, other resources, etc. http://www.dso.ufl.edu/multicultural/

Minority Facts: Statistics http://www.ir.ufl.edu/minority/index.htm

University Minority Mentor Program http://www.dso.ufl.edu/multicultural/ummp/

UF Office of Graduate Minority Programs http://gradschool.ufl.edu/diversity/introduction.html

Some books

Banks, J. A., & Banks, C. A. M. (2001). Multicultural education: Issues and perspectives. New York: Wiley.

Irvine, J. J. (2003). Educating teachers for diversity: Seeing with a cultural eye. New York: Teachers College Press

Johns, A. M., & Sipp, M. K. (2004). Diversity in college classrooms: Practices for today's campuses. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

McIntyre, E., Rosebery, A. S., & González, N. (2001). Classroom diversity: Connecting curriculum to students' lives. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Powell, R. G., & Caseau, D. (2004). Classroom communication and diversity: Enhancing instructional practice. LEA's communication series. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.

Waxman, H. C., Tharp, R. G., & Hilberg, R. S. (2004). Observational research in U.S. classrooms: New approaches for understanding cultural and linguistic diversity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Wolpert, E. (2005). Start seeing diversity: The basic guide to an anti-bias classroom. St. Paul, Minn: Redleaf Press