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Infusing a diversity perspective into human development courses

D MacPhee1, J C Kreutzer, J J Fritz

  • 1Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.

Child Development
|April 1, 1994
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Integrating diversity into human development courses improved student attitudes toward poverty and racial minorities. This curriculum enhancement reduced ethnocentrism and boosted critical thinking, highlighting poverty as a developmental risk factor.

Area of Science:

  • Human Development
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Understanding diversity is crucial for human development studies, particularly concerning poverty and ethnicity.
  • Existing research in child and adolescent development has a limited empirical foundation regarding diversity.
  • Sampling patterns in research often perpetuate deficit perspectives on low-income minority adolescents.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of a curriculum enhancement project infusing multicultural content into human development courses.
  • To assess changes in student attitudes towards poverty and racial minorities.
  • To determine if the curriculum increased critical thinking and awareness of poverty as a developmental risk.

Main Methods:

  • Content analysis of existing research on child and adolescent development (Study 1).

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  • Evaluation of a curriculum enhancement project involving multicultural content infusion (Study 2).
  • Comparison of attitude changes in targeted courses versus control groups.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant positive changes in attitudes toward poverty and racial minorities were observed in the enhanced courses.
    • The curriculum intervention led to decreased ethnocentrism among students.
    • Students demonstrated increased critical thinking skills and a greater awareness of poverty as a developmental risk factor.

    Conclusions:

    • Multicultural curriculum enhancement can effectively improve student attitudes and critical thinking in human development.
    • Addressing diversity issues in higher education is essential for fostering inclusive and informed future professionals.
    • Pedagogical approaches should integrate diverse perspectives to counter deficit-based research and promote developmental contextualism.