Category: Teaching Resources

  • Diversity is Me (survival guide for mixed race people) Lulu Publishing 2010 212 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-0-557-54051-8 Also available in PDF Format Vanessa Girard As human beings we all share a spirit that demands identity, acknowledgment and regard. It is in the attempts to meet these demands that we encounter road blocks toward self-discovery. Who…

  • Biracial Youth: The Role of the School Counselor in Racial Identity Development Professional School Counseling 2001-10-01 Teri Olisky Amy E. Benedetto Since the 1967 Supreme Court decision of Loving v. Virginia, which prohibits anti-miscegenation laws, the number of biracial births has more than tripled (Sandor & Larson, 1994). Schwartz (1998a) reported that through 1996 more…

  • In a society where race is a significant component of social identity and exerts an important influence on social relationships, the problems faced by couples who enter into ‘mixed’ marriages are especially difficult.

  • Multiethnic Children Portrayed in Children’s Picture Books Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Volume 17, Number 4, (August 2000) pages 305-317 DOI: 10.1023/A:1007550124043 Erin Michelle Cole Department of Social Work University of Wyoming Deborah P. Valentine, Director and Professor of Social Work Colorado State University The portrayal of multiethnic children in picture books provides a…

  • School Counselors’ Perceptions of Biracial Children: A Pilot Study Professional School Counseling American School Counselor Association December 2002 page 120-129 Henry L. Harris, Associate Professor and Chair of Department of Counseling University of North Carolina, Charlotte Biracial children represent a growing segment of America’s increasingly diverse population. According to Kalish (1995), data from the National…

  • Existing in a Third World: The unique biracial educational experience California State University, Long Beach December 2007 90 pages Publication Number: AAT 1451152 ISBN: 9780549405887 Ashley Benjamin A Thesis Presented to the Department of Educational Psychology, Administration, and Counseling California State University, Long Beach In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of…

  • Bringing the Mix-d: Experience to Leicester College: A Good Practice Guide to Meeting the Needs of Mixed Heritage Students in Further Education Multiple Heritage Project May 2010 26 pages Leicester College was successful in gaining funding from the LSC [Learning Skills Council] for a specific action research project to work with a group of mixed…

  • Ethnic, Multi-Ethnic, and Nationalist Identity in Belize: Voices of Belizean Children Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 2001) Theme: International Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity Sarah Woodbury Haug This paper discusses ethnicity and nationalism in children in the rural community of Punta Gorda, Belize. Ethnicity and nationalism are important aspects of…

  • Ethnicity and Ethnically “Mixed” Identity in Belize: A Study of Primary School-Age Children Anthropology & Education Quarterly Volume 29, Issue 1 (March 1998) pages 44–67 DOI: 10.1525/aeq.1998.29.1.44 Sarah Woodbury Haug This article focuses on the ehtnic identity of children in Belize. Belizean nationalism, as taught in the primary schools, is both pan-ethnic and multiethnic. However,…

  • Addressing Issues of Biracial Asian Americans Reflections on Shattered Windows: Promises and Prospects for Asian American Studies Washington State University Press 1988 Chapter 15, pages 111-116 Edited by: G. Y. Okihiro, S. Hune, A. A. Hansen, and J. M. Liu Stephen L. Murphy-Shigematsu Revising the Asian American Studies curriculum One of the more dramatic changes…