Education Programs For Improving Intergroup Relations: Theory, Research, And Practice (multicultural Education (paper))

Education Programs for Improving Intergroup Relations Theory, Research, and Practice WALTER G. STEPHAN W. PAUL VOGT EDITORS Teachers College, Columbia University New York and London Published by Teachers College Press, 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 Copyright © 2004 by Teachers College, Columbia University All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher. The editors and contributors to this volume wish to note with considerable gratitude the generosity and support of The American Jewish Committee, Chicago Chapter; Drs. Stephen Patt and Sharon Greenburg, the co-chairs of the AJC project that led to this book; and Jonathan Levine, then Executive Director of the Chicago Chapter, for helping to address the critical issue of prejudice reduction and its examination in this publication. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Education programs for improving intergroup relations : theory, research, and practice / edited by Walter G. Stephan, W. Paul Vogt. p. cm. — (Multicultural education series) Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 0-8077-4459-X 1. Multicultural education—United States. 2. Intergroup relations—United States. 3. School improvement programs—United States. I. Stephan, Walter G. II. Vogt, W. Paul. III. Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.) LC1099.3.E39 2004 370.117—dc22 2003068701 ISBN 0-8077-4459-X (paper) Printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Series Foreword vii James A. Banks Preface xi Sharon Greenburg, Jonathan Levine, and Stephan L. Patt 1 Introduction: Education’s Influence on Beliefs, Attitudes, Values, and Behaviors 1 W. Paul Vogt Part I Programs for Young Children and Their Teachers 2 Culturally Relevant Anti-Bias Education with Young Children 17 19 Louise Derman-Sparks 3 Producing Equal-Status Interaction Amidst Classroom Diversity 37 Elizabeth G. Cohen 4 Cooperative Learning: An Instructional Strategy to Improve Intergroup Relations 55 Robert Cooper and Robert E. Slavin Part II Programs for Adolescents and Their Teachers 5 The Anti-Defamation League’s A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® INSTITUTE 71 75 Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann and Lindsay J. Friedman 6 Facing History and Ourselves 95 Terry Tollefson, Dennis J. Barr, and Margot Stern Strom 7 Forging the Chain: “Hands Across the Campus” in Action 111 Sharon Hicks-Bartlett Part III Programs in Colleges and Universities 8 Intergroup Dialogue: Embracing Difference and Conflict, Engendering Community Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda and Amelia Seraphia Derr v 129 133 vi 9 Contents The Moral Education of Citizens: Explorations and Ou