(NAME-MCE) Sexual Orientation Activities
taduest at aol.com
taduest at aol.com
Fri Jun 6 16:47:09 EDT 2008
Paul,
I was hoping you could send this question out to the list serve over the weekend to see if you or anyone else can direct me to some resources or ideas on sexual orientation.? Next week "DISCO" (Developing Inclusive School Communities and Organizations) is going a three-day training at one of the local school districts here in Cincinnati.? The training is for administrators who are part of the Inclusion Leadership Council for their district.? We are doing several short workshops including gender and generations and we are also doing one on sexual orientation.? I am hoping you or others on the list serve have ideas for actual activities (experiential, simulations etc) that have to do with sexual orientation.? We have a lot of information on heterosexual privilege, a heterosexual questionnaire and a guided imagery activity but I was hoping you all might know of some "action" related activities having to do with sexual orientation.
Thanks,
Tracey DuEst
Program Director
Developing Inclusive School Communities and Organizations
www.developinginclusion.com
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2. Celebrating the life of Harriet McBryde Johnson - July 8,
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3. FW: Class in Education a special issue of Equity &
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4. Texas Tech Faculty Opening (Charles R. Crews)
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:24:31 EDT
From: Lucinekasbarian at aol.com
Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Coloroso
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Thank you, Sheryl, for your remarks about Barbara Coloroso's expertise.
I thought you and NAME-MCE subscribers would like to see the latest update
on this matter:
Toronto District School Board Reaffirms the Teaching of the Armenian Genocide
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Armenian National Committee of Canada
Comit? National Arm?nien du Canada
130 Albert St., Suite/Bureau 1007
Ottawa, ON
KIP 5G4
Tel./T?l. (613) 235-2622 Fax/T?l?c. (613) 238-2622
E-mail/courriel: _national.office at anc-canada.com_
(mailto:national.office at anc-canada.com)
www.anccanada.org
PRESS RELEASE
June 3, 2008
Contact: Roupen Kouyoumjian
Toronto District School Board Reaffirms the Teaching of the Armenian Genocide
Toronto--At a special meeting on June 2 the Program and School
Services Committee (PSSC) of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB)
unanimously approved the recommendation of its Review Committee (RC)
and its Director to include the Armenian Genocide in its Grade 11
genocide curriculum. Turkish groups have, in the past six months,
lobbied against the inclusion of the Armenian Genocide in the Grade 11
curriculum. The PSSC recommendation now goes to the board's June 25th
meeting for final adoption.
At the beginning of the meeting, the committee provided 20 minutes
each for the Turkish and Ukrainian community representatives to make
an oral deputation in regard to their concerns about the curriculum.
The Council of Turkish Canadians (CTC) objected to the inclusion of
the Armenian Genocide in the curriculum and called for its
removal. Furthermore, CTC threatened to take legal measures to halt
the introduction of the curriculum if the board did not consent to the
CTC demand.
A representative of the Muslim Canadian Congress, Farzana Hassan,
turned the curriculum teaching issue to a religious crusade. She
accused the board and the Western world of religious bias. She made
similar accusations against Canadian media, specially the Globe and
Mail and the Toronto Star newspapers. Two Turkish parents also made
presentations.
Ukrainian community representatives commended the board for
introducing the "worthy program", but they objected to the omission of
the Ukrainian famine/genocide from the curriculum. They urged the PSSC
to reconsider the exclusion of the Ukrainian case.
In responding to a question from trustee Gerri Gershon, David Rowan,
associate director of TDSB, reassured the Ukrainian community that the
Ukrainian famine /genocide, even though it is not in the curriculum as
a separate unit on its own, it will be discussed and taught in many
forms during the curriculum teaching.
After the presentations, the committee unanimously voted to adopt the
recommendations without any changes.
Based on yesterday's meeting and the approval of the recommendations,
the Armenian Genocide will be part of the Grade 11 genocide curriculum
and it will be taught as one of the three case studies along with the
Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide and as a separate unit.
In regard to Barbara Coloroso's book, Extraordinary Evil: A Brief
History of Genocide, even though it will not be required reading, it
will be included in the curriculum as resource material.
Representatives of the Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC),
the Greek and Cypriot communities, Zoryan Institute, the Armenian
Certified Teachers Association, the Armenian Community Centre of
Toronto, Armen Karo Student Association, the Armenian National
Committee of Toronto, and many other supporters of the curriculum
turned out in large numbers to attend the meeting.
ANCC President, Dr. Girair Basmadjian, commended the TDSB for
upholding its moral and ethical principles and for not wavering in the
face of unprecedented revisionist campaign to falsify and rewrite the
history of the Armenian Genocide. -By approving the recommendations,
TDSB proved that the Turkish government interference and manipulation
of academic institutions and its attempt to suppress freedom of
expression is a failed policy. We are confident the curriculum will
create better understanding between Turkish and Armenian students and
will help them rationalize their common history,- stated
Dr. Basmadjian
Aris Babikian, executive director of ANCC, criticized the Turkish
representatives who tried to use an educational forum to promote
unsubstantiated accusation against the Armenian community by
insinuating that Armenians are teaching hatred against Turks in their
churches, schools and community centres. -Once again, we would like to
emphasize that we do not have any conflict with the Canadian-Turkish
community. At issue is the Turkish government's denial policy. A
policy which Turkish ultranationalist are using to whip hysteria and
animosity between the two people. A policy which simply does not fit
with the school boards view of history, nor that of Canadians
generally,- said Babikian.
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The ANCC is the largest and the most influential Canadian-Armenian
grassroots political organization. Working in coordination with a
network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout Canada and
affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCC actively advances
the concerns of the Canadian-Armenian community on a broad range of
issues.
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Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:00:31 -0400
From: <ssacharoff at cfl.rr.com>
Subject: (NAME-MCE) Comment on Genocide Book Pulled: Coloroso's
Publisher Weighs In
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As a person who has heard Barbara Coloroso speak on parenting issues as well
as a reader of her books, I am appalled that her book on genocide would be
pulled from a curriculum. Ms. Coloroso is a huge advocate of children's rights
as well as a major disseminator of research that makes a difference in the
ability of educators to teach the future of our world important knowledge that
is needed if genocide is to stop. The quote by Haim Ginott in the inside
cover of Extraordinary Evil: A Short Walk to Genocide fully explains the
importance of this book in our school systems.
Respectfully,
Sheryl Sacharoff
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:44:56 -1000
From: "Steve Brown" <sebrown at hawaii.edu>
Subject: (NAME-MCE) Celebrating the life of Harriet McBryde Johnson -
July 8, 1957 - June 4, 2008
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We've lost another of our incredible disability rights
colleagues much too soon. Harriet, who lived in Charleston, South
Carolina, and whose writings many of you have read. She may have been
best known for her debates
about the lives of individuals with disabilities
with Peter Singer, and her publication about them in the New York
Times article, "Unspeakable Conversations." I recommend her book,
"Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from Life"
to everyone. She worked on Tuesday, and passed on unexpectedly later
that night. Her life is celebrated at:
http://www.cripcommentary.com/harriet/
Steve
--
Steven E. Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Center on Disability Studies, www.cds.hawaii.edu
1776 University Ave., UA4-6
University of Hawai'i
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-956-0996
808-956-7878 (fax)
Co-Founder
Institute on Disability Culture
http://web.mac.com/disculture
Movie Stars and Sensuous Scars: Essays on the Journey from Disability Shame
to Disability Pride:
http://web.mac.com/disculture/Site/Movie_Stars_and_Sensuous_Scars.html
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:03:30 -0600
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Subject: (NAME-MCE) FW: Class in Education a special issue of Equity &
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From: Felice Yeskel [mailto:fyeskel at stuaf.umass.edu]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:58 PM
To: Dana Gillette
Subject: Class in Education a special issue of Equity & Excellence in
Education is now available
Leading Education Journal Announces Special Issue on Social Class in the
Classroom
Equity & Excellence in Education, a leading journal in examining
inequalities in classroom settings, is pleased to announce a special issue
on ?Class in Education,? published as Issue 1 of Volume 41.
The special issue is an important advancement toward the journal?s goal of
increasing the national dialogue on social justice issues at all levels of
schooling. ?Class impacts education in a myriad of ways, including issues of
access, academic preparation, curricular content, pedagogy, and standards,?
says Dr. Felice Yeskel, Guest Editor for the special issue. ?There are also
many ways in which schools reproduce existing inequalities, including issues
of school funding, teacher training and pay, accessibility to role models,
and discrepancies between public and private schools.? Dr. Yeskel is the
Executive Director of Class Action, a national resource center on class that
provides individuals, organizations, and institutions with the tools and
resources needed to work toward eliminating classism. (Resources for
educators and the general public are available at the organization?s
website: http://www.classism.org)
The special issue offers a variety of perspectives on these complicated and
multifaceted issues. Articles address such topics as:
? social mores that interfere with student potential;
? trends in administrative power-brokering in postsecondary education;
? cross-class interactions that highlight class reproduction in public
schools;
? a reassessment of pedagogical approaches to overcoming class
discrepancies;
? expectations along different social strata.
?Class mythologies reinforce the notion that the rewards of our economic
system are primarily based on real individual differences in ability,
creativity, and effort--not structural inequalities and hereditary
advantage,? says Yeskel. ?We want to believe that education is the key to
equal opportunity, but the unquestioning acceptance of these myths masks the
barriers to equal educational access.?
The editors and contributors hope to provide an economic and social context
for the necessary discussions on class in education, the definitions of
class, an overview of how class defines education and how education defines
class, the invisibility of class, and new ways that class should be
considered. ?Class is the elephant in the classroom, impacting students and
teachers alike but little acknowledged and rarely talked about. This special
issue makes an important contribution to the ongoing effort to fulfill the
promise of equal education for students from all backgrounds,? says Dr.
Yeskel.
Equity & Excellence in Education publishes articles based on scholarly
research utilizing qualitative or quantitative methods, as well as essays
that describe and assess practical efforts to achieve educational equity.
The journal focuses on a range of topics related to equity, equality, and
social justice in K-12 or postsecondary schooling, and is especially
concentrated upon social justice issues in school systems, individual
schools, classrooms, and the social justice factors that contribute to
inequality in learning for students from diverse social group backgrounds.
Equity & Excellence in Education
ISSN Print 1066-5684
ISSN Online 1547-3457
Volume 41, 2008, 4 issues per year
Special Issue: Class in Education
Contents
Coming to Class: Looking at Education through the Lens of Class Introduction
to the Class and Education Special Issue, Felice Yeskel
Class Struggle in Higher Education, Dan Clawson and Mishy Leiblum
Pedagogy of the Alienated: Can Freirian Teaching Reach Working-Class
Students?, Jonathan Martin
The Dynamics of Social Reproduction: How Class Works at a State College and
Elite Private College, Maynard Seider
"In the real world no one drops their standards for you": Academic Rigor in
A College Worker Education Program, Emily Schnee
Double Jeopardy: The Compounding Effects of Class and Race in School
Mathematics, Jae Hoon Lim
Teachers in Class, Jane Van Galen
Race, Social Background, and School Choice Options, Kimberly A. Goyette
Peddling Poverty for Profit: Elements of Oppression in Ruby Payne's
Framework, Paul C. Gorski
Equity & Excellence in Education, published quarterly. To order the special
issue, Class in Education, Volume 41, Issue 1, for $25/?16, please visit the
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:26:46 -0500
From: "Charles R. Crews" <charles.crews at ttu.edu>
Subject: (NAME-MCE) Texas Tech Faculty Opening
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Please share this information with your colleagues and/or students. Thank
you!
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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Counselor Education ? CACREP Program - PhD, CC, SC
Fall Semester 2009
Counselor Education: Assistant/Associate Professor, College of Education,
Texas Tech University
Qualifications: An earned doctorate, preferable from a CACREP accredited
program. Experience as a school counselor and Texas LPC and School Counselor
Certification eligible are preferred.
Responsibilities: Measurably competent as effective teacher and advisor for
students enrolled in a CACREP accredited program. Teaching Counselor
Education classes as well as school counseling classes and assessment
courses. The position will require a successful research agenda and service
on committees.
Deadline: Applications are now being accepted and will continue to be
accepted until the position is filled.
-Interested candidates should send a curriculum vita, graduate transcripts,
a list of three references with complete addresses and phone numbers, and a
letter of application describing their research agenda and teaching
experience.
-Please submit your application materials for the position on-line at the
TTU Personnel Employment website: http://jobs.texastech.edu
For more information about this position, please contact:
Dr. Charles Crews at Charles.crews at ttu.edu or Dr. Loretta Bradley at
Loretta.bradley at ttu.edu
For more details about TTU or the College of Education, visit
http://www.ttu.edu and http://www.educ.ttu.edu.
Texas Tech University, a member of the Big 12 Conference, and is located in
Lubbock, Texas (population 225,000). Texas Tech University is a
comprehensive university with an enrollment of over 28,000 and is the only
campus in Texas where both the law school and medical school are housed at
the same location. The University has a wide range of undergraduate and
graduate NCATE accredited programs. Texas Tech is an Equal Employment
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer where minorities and women are
strongly encouraged to apply. Texas Tech is sensitive to the needs of dual
career couples.
Charles R. Crews, PhD
Assistant Professor
CACREP ? SC - MEd, CC - MEd, CE-PhD
Texas Tech University ~ College of Education
Box 41071~ Lubbock, TX ~ 79409-1071
O: 806-742-1997 x313
F: 806-742-2179
Charles.Crews at TTU.edu
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