Dealing with Diversity Issues in the Classroom: A Survey of the STP Membership

We examined how psychology educators regarded and addressed diversity issues in their classrooms. The approximately 650 psychology educators who took part in this survey indicated a high level of personal acceptance of diverse persons and acknowledged the importance of infusing diversity issues into...

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Published inTeaching of psychology Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 77 - 83
Main Authors Prieto, Loreto R., Whittlesey, Valerie, Herbert, Diane, Ocampo, Carlota, Schomburg, Allison, So, Dominicus
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2009
Routledge
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
College Faculty
Cultural Differences
Curriculum
Diversity training
Psychology
Secondary School Teachers
Surveys
Teacher Attitudes
Teaching Methods
Workplace diversity
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Summary:We examined how psychology educators regarded and addressed diversity issues in their classrooms. The approximately 650 psychology educators who took part in this survey indicated a high level of personal acceptance of diverse persons and acknowledged the importance of infusing diversity issues into courses across the psychology curriculum. Our findings indicated that the level of importance instructors attached to incorporating diversity issues into their course work accounted for the largest amount of variance in the time they reported discussing diversity issues in their classes. We discuss implications for teachers of psychology.
ISSN:0098-6283
1532-8023
DOI:10.1080/00986280802529236