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Article: Tusmith, Bonnie, and Maureen T. Reddy, eds. Race in the College Classroom: Pedagogy and Politics.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
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- Perspectives on Political Science
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- March 22, 2003
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press 336 pp., $60.00 cloth, $22.00 paper ISBN 0-8135-3108-X cloth ISBN 0-8135-3109-8 paper Publication Date: August 2002
Since the beginning of formal schooling, I suppose, the primary pedagogical challenge of all teachers has been to overcome a general student lack of interest in, or malaise with, the subject matter. But when the subject matter turns to race, student apathy is but one minor barrier in a mine field.
Race in the College Classroom consists of the testimonies of twenty-nine college instructors who provide detailed and comprehensive analyses of the complexities of teaching about race in a variety of ...