This text synthesizes the research on the learning style characteristics of five culturally diverse groups: Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans. Although each of these groups has distinguishing features and differs from other groups on some of the 22 elements that constitute learning style, there are broad within-group variations that preclude generalizations. Dunn and Griggs identify a multidimensional model of learning style, describe a comprehensive assessment instrument for identifying an individual's learning style, and provide a variety of educational interventions that accommodate diverse learning style preferences.
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“...Recommended for public and academic library collections, this book provides a wealth of research and practical information discussing multiculturalism and learning-style characteristics for many groups.”–Multicultural Review
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RITA DUNN is Professor of Instructional Leadership and Director of the Center for the Study of Teaching and Learning Styles, St. John's Univerity.
SHIRLEY A. GRIGGS is Professor of Counselor Education at St. John's University. Both are recognized as outstanding faculty in teaching and research. Dunn and Griggs have coauthored Learning Styles: Quiet Revolution in American Secondary Schools (1966) and more than 17 other books as separate authors.
SHIRLEY A. GRIGGS is Professor of Counselor Education at St. John's University. Both are recognized as outstanding faculty in teaching and research. Dunn and Griggs have coauthored Learning Styles: Quiet Revolution in American Secondary Schools (1966) and more than 17 other books as separate authors.
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Anthropologists will quibble with Griggs and Dunn about whether a particular learning style is the result of culture or a cause of it. The debate would really be about the validity of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and, as such, belongs in another academic arena. Griggs and Dunn have written a good guide for the classroom teacher who wants to understand her/his multicultural students better. The book is a significant contribution to the field because multicultural children are often labeled as having learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, and related learning problems when the difficulty is really cultural and is related to (a) the worldview of the culture based on economic and social factors related to being a member of a minority culture, and (b) how education is valued and whether it is relevant to a child's family and home environment. For these reasons, educators can benefit greatly by reading Multiculturalism and Learning Style.
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Beginning with the first one-room schoolhouse established in the colonies, American teachers have always taught students from widely diverse backgrounds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contract activity packages, flip chute, tactual resources, multisensory instructional packages, tactual students, programmed learning sequences, kinesthetic resources, sociological preferences, perceptual strengths, attitude test scores, counseling gifted, talented adolescents, global students, kinesthetic students, peer motivated, global processors, task cards, learning style profile, learning style characteristics, reporting alternatives, perceptual preferences, learning style strengths, learning style preferences, gifted adolescents, demanding friend Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African Americans, United States, Native American, New York, Asian Americans, Mexican Americans, Chinese Americans, Learning Style Inventory, Gregor Mendel, European Americans, Greek Americans, Carina George, Preference Summary, Della Valle, Peterson's Guides, Puerto Rican, Barbara Gardiner, Learning Style Profile, North Carolina, Several Ways, Taiwanese Americans, Martin Luther King, Take Three Minutes, The Bridge New!
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Beginning with the first one-room schoolhouse established in the colonies, American teachers have always taught students from widely diverse backgrounds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contract activity packages, flip chute, tactual resources, multisensory instructional packages, tactual students, programmed learning sequences, kinesthetic resources, sociological preferences, perceptual strengths, attitude test scores, counseling gifted, talented adolescents, global students, kinesthetic students, peer motivated, global processors, task cards, learning style profile, learning style characteristics, reporting alternatives, perceptual preferences, learning style strengths, learning style preferences, gifted adolescents, demanding friend Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African Americans, United States, Native American, New York, Asian Americans, Mexican Americans, Chinese Americans, Learning Style Inventory, Gregor Mendel, European Americans, Greek Americans, Carina George, Preference Summary, Della Valle, Peterson's Guides, Puerto Rican, Barbara Gardiner, Learning Style Profile, North Carolina, Several Ways, Taiwanese Americans, Martin Luther King, Take Three Minutes, The Bridge New!
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