The Application of Diversity-Based Interventions to Policy and Practice

The Psychology of Social and Cultural Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 322-351

  Cameron, Lindsey ^a   Turner, Rhiannon N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allport's intergroup contact hypothesis influential social psychological theories of prejudice and intergroup relations; Bilingual education, 'immersion' changing intergroup attitudes of members of ethnolinguistic majority; Cooperative learning interventions improving intergroup attitudes in group adults and children; Diversity based intervention application to policy and practice; Diversity based intervention effectiveness positive intergroup attitudes and increasing appreciation for diversity; Diversity based interventions; Interventions using different media sources books, videos, games and activities; Interventions, increasing diversity appreciation tolerance toward members of diverse social groups; Positive intergroup relation pursuit attention and imagination of educators, policy makers and academics; Strength and limitations of educator designed interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055187075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444325447.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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