August 2, 2006
“Teaching in Racially Diverse College Classrooms.” Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University. 2 Aug 2006.
http://bokcenter.harvard.edu/docs/TFTrace.html
This website provides educators with useful tips for teaching in racially diverse college classrooms. Produced out of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, this site offers suggestions for how to: “1. Plan for a racially diverse classroom, 2. Design classroom instruction materials with a diverse group of students in mind, 3. Confront potential issues of discrimination and handle hot moments, and 4. Assess one’s own racial or cultural bias” (Derek Bok Center). Although this handout is geared towards college instructors it could also prove useful for high school teachers. This site is particularly good about offering suggestions for how teachers can handle “hot moments” in class discussion. It also lists a useful set of questions teachers can ask themselves to assess their own cultural, ideological and racial biases.