Conflicts in Culture
Strategies to Understand and Resolve the Issues
By (author) Sandra Harris, Steve Jenkins
Publication date:
29 July 2013Length of book:
112 pagesPublisher
R&L EducationDimensions:
237x162mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781475805178
The changing demographics of students and educators in schools today suggest that much of what we do as educational leaders revolves around the complex issues related to our various cultural understandings. In this book the authors discuss the relationship between culture and conflict and provide a continuum to better understand the basis for much cultural conflict. Authors emphasize a systematic framework that can be used to guide the practitioner in resolving conflicts rooted in cultural issues – from less difficult issues such as the cultural conflicts that occur on a campus between academic cultures and athletic cultures, to the more complicated and delicate issues rooted in racial or sexual identity issues.
Harris and Jenkins take the reader on a journey to a destination called cultural community and clearly recognize both the challenges of the trip and the joy of traveling towards such a worthy goal. This book with great clarity presents cases, activities and strategies to better understand cultural conflict, and most importantly ways to manage such conflicts and reach resolutions that are authentic and valuable to all in the community. In today’s climate of cultural transitions, this book serves as a must read for all educational leaders.