Publications

"Writing is hard work; it's also the best job I've ever had." --Raymond Friest

We've Scene It All Before: Using Film Clips in Diversity Awareness Training (2009)

Publisher

Sense Publisher (www.sensepublishers.com)

 

Genre

Multicultural education; corporate training

 

Description

A revolutionary tool for corporate and academic trainers, We’ve Scene It All Before, harnesses the power of mainstream Hollywood film to enhance educational sessions about diversity and social justice. This resource manual offers practical guidance on how to effectively use the concept of difference as a starting point towards true inclusion. Seasoned and novice trainers will appreciate the suggested strategies and best practices on facilitating diversity dialogues, which are coupled with a set of twenty-five definitions that introduce and raise awareness of the personal and systemic nature of difference, discrimination, and power. Additionally, the author provides detailed descriptions of scenes from feature films that match those definitions (complete with time stamps from the DVDs for easy use in training programs). 

To Order a Copy from AMAZON

To Order a Copy from SENSE PUBLISHERS

 

Reel Diversity: A Teacher's Sourcebook (2008)

Publisher

Peter Lang Publishing (www.peterlangusa.com)

 

Genre

Multicultural Education; Media Literacy


Description

Winner of the 2009 National Association of Multicultural Education

Book Award

 

Reel Diversity: A Teacher's Sourcebook is a resource manual for teachers who want to infuse the concepts of diversity and social justice into their secondary and college courses. Lecturers and workshop presenters will also appreciate this text for its practical uses. It discusses the role of the teacher in minimizing cultural dominance, prejudice, and discrimination in society. The text includes an extensive section on designing a diversity education course, and teachers will benefit from the suggested instructional activities, readings, assignments, and advice on creating a classroom atmosphere for these issues.

 

More than just another book on film literacy and criticism, this manual stands out from the competition for its practical, user-friendly mini-lessons using film clips from mainstream Hollywood feature films to illustrate the 25 diversity definitions provided in the text, and develops a list of questions following each clip that can be used to encourage cross-cultural dialogue.

 

To Order a Copy from PETER LANG

To Order a Copy from AMAZON