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A Lesson On Homophobia And Teasing, Eva Goldfarb
A Lesson On Homophobia And Teasing, Eva Goldfarb
Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works
Homophobia and gay-related teasing are already present among young children. This lesson introduces the term “prejudice” and places the concept of homophobia within the context of bullying and teasing with which 8–11-year-olds are already familiar. The lesson builds empathy as children think about and discuss how they have felt when they have been teased or called a name and how they think people in gay or lesbian families would feel. The lesson celebrates the lives of gay and lesbian people as it celebrates diversity among all people and families. Children are encouraged to think about the diversity within their own …
Office Of Multicultural Affairs (Oma) Annual Report 2007-2008, Intercultural Student Engagement Office, Anthony Johnson
Office Of Multicultural Affairs (Oma) Annual Report 2007-2008, Intercultural Student Engagement Office, Anthony Johnson
Intercultural Student Engagement (ISE) Annual Reports
The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) Annual Report 2007-2008 is a year in review containing a message from the director, staff updates, community programs, statistics and general report of the work of this office. Our Mission: People from all backgrounds bring value to the art and human conversations held at RISD. The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) assists the RISD community-at-large in shaping a culturally inclusive and supportive environment that enables all its members the opportunity to fully contribute to and benefit from the total RISD experience. OMA coordinates enriching opportunities for cultural awareness, dialogue, and interaction. The office services …
Integrated Development: Best Practices For Girls’ Education, Rebecca Paulson
Integrated Development: Best Practices For Girls’ Education, Rebecca Paulson
Master's Capstone Projects
Integrated development takes into consideration the multidimensional nature of every issue. This thesis focuses on the issue of girls’ education and examines the many interconnected barriers which prevent girls from attending school specifically in the context of Niger, but also on a broader level. There must exist a supportive environment which enables girls to be able to access, attend and succeed in school, and this supportive environment must be created across sectors by addressing the many issues which prevent girls’ schooling: cost, health, physical access, culture and tradition etc. Multi-level and multisectoral partnerships of local and international NGOs and the …
Front Matter
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
No abstract provided.
The Believing Game Or Methodological Believing, Peter Elbow
The Believing Game Or Methodological Believing, Peter Elbow
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Three arguments why we need the believing game: to help us find flaws in our thinking, to help us choose among competing claims, and to achieve goals that the doubting game neglects.
Jaepl, Vol. 14, Winter 2008-2009, Kristie S. Fleckenstein, Linda T. Calendrillo
Jaepl, Vol. 14, Winter 2008-2009, Kristie S. Fleckenstein, Linda T. Calendrillo
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Essays
Peter Elbow - The Believing Game or Methodological Believing
Nathaniel Teich - The Rhetoric of Empathy: Ethical Foundations of Dialogical Communication
Mary Rose O'Reily - Splitting the Cartesian Hair
Patricia Bizzell - Faith-Based World Views as a Challenge to the Believing Game
Gina Briefs-Elgin - Lessons With the Mystics: Refreshing Our Vision in Mid/Late Career
Gesa E. Kirsch - Creating Spaces for Listening, Learning, and Sustaining the Inner Lives of Students
Sue Hum - The Persuasiveness of Pleasure: Play, Reciprocity, and Persuasion in Online Discussions
Reviews
Brad E. Lucas - Teaching Multi writing: Researching and Composing with Multiple Genres, …
The Rhetoric Of Empathy: Ethical Foundations Of Dialogical Communication, Nathaniel Teich
The Rhetoric Of Empathy: Ethical Foundations Of Dialogical Communication, Nathaniel Teich
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Peter Elbow's "Believing Game" can function as an ethical strategy and can be understood in terms of humanistic rhetorical traditions from Martin Buber to Carl Rogers and Michael Polanyi.
Faith-Based Worldviews As A Challenge To The Believing Game, Patricia Bizzell
Faith-Based Worldviews As A Challenge To The Believing Game, Patricia Bizzell
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Elbow's "Believing Game" may help to make room in the academy for religious frames of mind, which encompass particularly dense networks of ideas and emotions.
Splitting The Cartesian Hair, Mary Rose O'Reilley
Splitting The Cartesian Hair, Mary Rose O'Reilley
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
The "Believing Game," at its deepest level, protects a space where students and teacher can contemplatively ponder what they will choose to love.
Lessons With The Mystics: Refreshing Our Vision In Mid/Late Career, Gina Briefs-Elgin
Lessons With The Mystics: Refreshing Our Vision In Mid/Late Career, Gina Briefs-Elgin
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
This paper explores surprising and restorative responses to mid/late career burnout from the perspective of four of the world's great Eastern mystical traditions: Hinduism, Sufism, Zen, and Kabbalah.
Reviews, Brad E. Lucas, Heidi Estrem, Yufeng Zhang, William Fitzgerald
Reviews, Brad E. Lucas, Heidi Estrem, Yufeng Zhang, William Fitzgerald
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Brad E. Lucas - Teaching Multi writing: Researching and Composing with Multiple Genres, Media, Disciplines, and Cultures
Heidi Estrem - CoUege Writing and Beyond: A New Framework for University Writing Instruction
Yufeng Zhang - Reading Chinese Fortune Cookie: The Making of Chinese American Rhetoric
William FtizGerald - Geographies of Writing: Inhabiting Places and Encountering Difference
The Persuasiveness Of Pleasure: Play, Reciprocity, And Persuasion In Online Discussions, Sue Hum
The Persuasiveness Of Pleasure: Play, Reciprocity, And Persuasion In Online Discussions, Sue Hum
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
This essay explores the role of pleasure in facilitating diverse modes of rhetorical participation in online discussion.
Connecting, Helen Walker, Louise Morgan, Danielle Sahm, Laurence Musgrove, Rae Ann Derosse, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Beverly Faxon
Connecting, Helen Walker, Louise Morgan, Danielle Sahm, Laurence Musgrove, Rae Ann Derosse, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Beverly Faxon
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Connecting - Helen Walker
Louise Morgan - Email about the Ego
Danielle Sahm - The Poet Rewritten
Laurence Musgrove - People Get Ready
Rae Ann De Rosse - Authority Issues
Joonna Smitherman Trapp - The Importance of Being Ernie
Beverly Faxon - Why I Read Them Poetry
Back Matter
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
No abstract provided.
Less Than Equal: Secularism, Religious Pluralism And Privilege, Anne Aly, Lelia Rosalind Green
Less Than Equal: Secularism, Religious Pluralism And Privilege, Anne Aly, Lelia Rosalind Green
Research outputs pre 2011
In its preamble, The Western Australian Charter of Multiculturalism (WA) commits the state to becoming: “A society in which respect for mutual difference is accompanied by equality of opportunity within a framework of democratic citizenship”. One of the principles of multiculturalism, as enunciated in the Charter, is “equality of opportunity for all members of society to achieve their full potential in a free and democratic society where every individual is equal before and under the law”. An important element of this principle is the “equality of opportunity ... to achieve ... full potential”. The implication here is that those who …
Creating Spaces For Listening, Learning, And Sustaining The Inner Lives Of Students, Gesa E. Kirsch
Creating Spaces For Listening, Learning, And Sustaining The Inner Lives Of Students, Gesa E. Kirsch
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
This essay explores what it takes to "create a space in the classroom that allows students the freedom to nourish their inner lives," an issue raised by Mary Rose O'Reilly in Radical Presence. The author draws on work in composition studies, education, and her own teaching practices to illustrate the importance of creating such spaces.