Eliminating Racial Profiling in School Discipline: Cultures in Conflict / Edition 128

by Martha R. Bireda

Overview

Referrals, suspensions, and expulsions of African American students, especially males, are at an all-time high. However, as this book shows, culturally determined assumptions and friction over communication have a role to play in this as well. Eliminating Racial Profiling in School Discipline is designed to make readers aware of how cultural factors relate to the ways that discipline is meted out. Administrators and teachers will gain an understanding of how culturally conditioned beliefs and assumptions negatively influence student-teacher relationships. Ultimately, this book proposes a set of strategies to solve increased disciplinary referrals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810842014
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	03/26/2002
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	656,113
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.29(d)

About the Author

Martha R. Bireda received her Ed.S. and Ph.D. in counselor education from the University of Florida in Gainesville. As a diversity and equity consultant, Dr. Bireda spent over ten years researching and addressing the issue of racial disparity in discipline. Dr. Bireda is the author of four books that address issues related to culture and belief system change. She is a frequent speaker and conducts workshops for school administrators, which focus on how to eliminate racial disparity in discipline practices.

Table of Contents

1 Discipline: The New Equity Issue 2 Merely a Symptom 3 The Impact of Culture 4 Cross-Cultural Communication Conflicts in the Classroom 5 Stereotyping in the Classroom 6 Cultural Conflicts, Cultural Conditioning, and Disciplinary Practices 7 Changing the School Climate: The Administrator's Role 8 Changing Individual Attitudes 9 The Village Approach: Forming Partnerships with Parents and Community 10 Evaluating the Process: School Climate and Individual Assessment

Editorial Reviews

Bireda offers a number of suggestions for ensuring all students have similar in-school learning opportunities...a valuable tool to improve race relations in public education.-- "School Administrator"

From the Publisher

Bireda offers a number of suggestions for ensuring all students have similar in-school learning opportunities...a valuable tool to improve race relations in public education.

School Administrator

Bireda (race and gender coordinator, Southeastern Equity Center in Miami, Florida) examines the behaviors and factors that make it more likely that African American students<-->particularly male students<- ->will be referred for disciplinary actions in schools. Coverage includes system-related factors contributing to racial disparities in discipline, culturally based and culturally conditioned factors influencing classroom interactions between African American students and teachers, and strategies to form culturally respective and accepting classroom environments for African American students. For administrators and teachers. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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