Teaching antiracism in a large Introductory Psychology class: A course module and its evaluation

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-51

  Boatright Horowitz, Su L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Introductory psychology; Prejudice; Racism; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944549129     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704266508     Document Type: Article

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