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Courageous Conversations: Teaching the Diversity Course using Transformational Multicultural Pedagogy; Challenges and Opportunities Note: One registration for the two sessions Michelle A. Mitcham, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University Carly Paro, Private Practice Sachin Jain, University of South Dakota
Transformational Multicultural Pedagogy focuses on applying the multicultural counseling competencies through experiential activities, navigating the emotional rollercoaster of students’ reactions and making meaning of “in the moment” exchanges. Using Courageous Conversations, attendees will discover transformational learning strategies to facilitate teaching the multicultural counseling course. This process-oriented pedagogical approach will be presented in an interactive and transformational format to include a demonstration, pair-share activities and question and answer. AND Centering the Margins: Applying Culturally Responsive Pedagogy across the Curriculum to Support Students of Color in Counseling Programs Natoya Hill Haskins, The University of Georgia Michelle A. Mitcham, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
Students of color often experience marginalization throughout their graduate education experiences and often feel their experiences and needs are excluded and ignored throughout the curriculum. Several researchers indicate that while multicultural and social justice are topics of discussion in many counseling courses, these concepts are typically designed to either help non-students of color develop a greater awareness or trainees examine these constructs in society at large. Unfortunately, there has been less attention to the multicultural and social justice inequities of marginalized students within counselor education training programs education training programs. Consequently, this pre-conference session will focus on providing attendees with pedagogical strategies that support the curriculum needs of students of color across various core courses in the counseling programs. In addition, attendees will develop a personalize plan to address their programmatic gaps related to students of color. Finally, implications and personal reflections will be shared.
