Demi Simi 1 & Jonathan Matusitz 2
1University of Central Florida, USA
2Nicholson School of Communication and Media, University of Central Florida, USA
Abstract: This paper examines how professors in U.S. higher education can improve cultural diversity in their classrooms. It is a well-known fact that faculty can prepare for cultural diversity by putting multicultural modules in their curriculum. Yet, to effectively transform the classroom, professors must first recognize that students not only come from several ethnic backgrounds, but also from different cultures, age brackets, and other groups. Hence, it is the authors’ objective to explain how multiple cultural diversity training approaches can be implemented in higher education. For example, professors could cater their teaching styles to meet the needs of underrepresented groups of students. This could be done by following the diversimilarity approach. Diversimilarity involves recognizing and appreciating what different groups collectively share while blending in with the mainstream culture. This approach likely demands the reformation of pre-existing courses.
Keywords: Cultural Diversity, Diversimilarity, Ethnicity, Higher Education, Professors, Students, Technology, United States
Published: January 8, 2023
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