This article is an attempt to reflect on the institutional and disciplinary context of a course on "Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Information Professions" from the perspective of instructors and students. It examines the effectiveness of a course like this as an intervention to the normative landscape of the Library and Information…

In this historical study, the author explores the early racial and cultural views of John Dewey. The author argues that, during his years at the University of Chicago, when he wrote the majority of his works on education, Dewey considered American non-White minorities to be biologically equal to Whites but socially deficient. In particular, Dewey…

In the spring of 2008, the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat of the Ontario Ministry of Education in Canada released a DVD that was one in a series designed to train literacy teachers in what the Ministry referred to as "high-yield" comprehension strategies. Using the lens of Critical Race Theory, this article analyses the picture book…

Examines the reasons for including diversity, specifically gender, race, and ethnicity, within content courses and discusses six primary challenges that tend to be associated with attempts to infuse diversity within psychology content courses. Provides recommendations addressing diversity in a process-oriented fashion that does not promote…

Addresses counseling psychology's inattention to the concept of world views and the importance of this concept to multicultural counseling and therapy (MCT). Presents ethnocentrism in counseling psychology as a possible reason for the profession's inattention to world views. Details a recent article focusing on world views and provides…