Highlighting Cross-Disciplinary Relevance to Students in a Required Course

Fitzpatrick, Jacki

doi:10.26536/fsr.2012.17.02.06

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“…In this approach, some instructors limit their inclusiveness to the parameters of a textbook. If the course is aligned with a book (Week 1 aligns with Chapter 1, Week 2 with Chapter 2, and so on), then instructors might provide only as much cultural recognition as the book dictates (e.g., Fitzpatrick, 2012). If a textbook has one chapter that addresses all general racial/ethnic groups (African American, Asian American, Latino American, Native American), then some instructors will only provide specific information about their developmental and familial characteristics during a single week.…”

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Microinclusive teaching in family science courses

Fitzpatrick

2022

Family Relations

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The purpose of this article is to provide a summary of microaggressive (MA) and microinclusive (MI) issues in college teaching. In MA communications, individuals/ groups are treated as invisible or comparatively less desirable. MA can have a detrimental impact on its targets (to whom comments or behaviors are directed) as well as bystanders who witness the aggression. As part of ethics in family scholarship, it is worthwhile for faculty to consider MA and learn about more prosocial/supportive options, such as MI. This article provides a brief overview of MA, MI teaching, ethical approaches to MA/MI guidance, and MI teaching examples in one family science course. These issues are also relevant to coursework in other HDFS department programs or tracks (e.g., developmental, policy and practice, therapy, community education). K E Y W O R D S cultural diversity, family life education, pedagogical and curriculum issuesThe article provides a summary of microaggressive (MA) and microinclusive (MI) issues in college teaching. In MA communications, individuals/groups are treated as invisible, unequal, or undesirable (Fleras, 2016;Offermann et al., 2014). Compared with moderate-macroaggressions, MA is less dangerous, intense, or severe. However, MA can still have a detrimental impact on its targets (to whom comments or behaviors are directed) as well as bystanders (Burleigh & Wilson, 2021;Fleras, 2016). Individuals, including instructors, can engage in MA (Abdelaziz et al., 2021) with little awareness or ill intent. As part of ethics in family scholarship, faculty should consider MA and learn about counteractive options such as MI. This article provides a brief overview of (a) MA, (b) MI teaching, (c) ethical approaches to MA/MI guidance, and (d) MI teaching examples in one family science course. WHAT IS MICROAGGRESSION?MA has been addressed since the late 1970s. In a thematic analysis of TV commercials, Pierce et al. (1978) described MA as derogatory or disparaging messages. The message elements Please note that this email address is case-specific. It requires a capital "J" and capital "F"; all other letters must be lower-case.

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Section: Top-down and Bottom-up Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%