Category of Work
Article
Publication Title
Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World: A Review Journal
Abstract
This paper reviews best pedagogic practices for creating a safe environment in which to hold courses on race, racism, and multicultural issues. Inherent in these courses are student feelings of angst, vulnerability, guilt, trepidation, and sometimes anger and hostility. The sensitive educator must manage and acknowledge these feelings so that learning can occur without diminishing the power and impact issues of race have on our collective and individual psyches and experiences. Strategies for managing and incorporating students' strong emotions into the dialogue on multiculturalism will be reviewed.
First Page
47
Last Page
50
Publication Date
Winter 2009
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Helm, Katherine M., "Creating a safe learning space for the discussion of multicultural issues in the classroom" (2009). Psychology Department Faculty Articles. 3.
https://digitalcommons.lewisu.edu/psychology_facpubs/3
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Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Multicultural Psychology Commons
