John Nkemnji, Ph.D.

Professor - School of Education

106 Doudna Hall
(608)342-1244 (Office) - 342-1133(Fax)
Nkemnji@uwplatt.edu
  • Ethnic and Gender Equity in Education

  • Dedicated to creating classrooms and a society of respect, equity, and fairness.

  • Week ¬Ý ¬Ý ¬Ý ¬ÝLecture Topic ¬Ý ¬Ý ¬Ý ¬Ý ¬Ý ¬Ý ¬Ý ¬Ý ¬Ý ¬Ý Assignment/Discussion
    ¬Ý1 ¬Ý9/2 ¬ÝMartin Luther King Jr. ’Äì Video and Readings Introductions
    ¬Ý2 ¬Ý9/9 ¬ÝIntro to Computer Access, Blackboard and Course Opportunities
    ¬Ý3 ¬Ý9/9 ¬ÝStarting Small (video) from the Teaching Tolerance series
    ¬Ý4 ¬Ý9/23 Poverty ’Äì guest speaker Field experience. Proposal
    ¬Ý5 ¬Ý9/30 A Class Divided-Video based on Rice Lake Iowa experience
    ¬Ý6 10/7 ¬ÝGay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Transgender-guest speaker
    ¬Ý7 10/14 Hatred-Guest Speaker or Video and Panel
    ¬Ý8 10/21 Preprofessional Days No Disc.
    ¬Ý9 10/28 Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation Why Paper details
    10 11/4 ¬ÝWisconsin Indians/Treaty Rights Text Discussion
    11 11/11 Gender Issues-guest speaker
    12 11/18 Islam-guest speaker
    13 11/25 Hmong Culture
    14 12/2 ¬ÝHolocaust-guest speakers Presentations on Why Papers
    15 12/9 ¬ÝLatino/a Culture-guest speaker Presentations on Why Papers

    16 12/16 FINALS Week: Class wrap-up Presentations on Why Papers

    Current Teaching Assignment:

    Educational Media Technology (Meets in Doudna 106)
    Computer Applications in Education (Meets in Doudna 106)
    Internet: The Information Super Highway (Meets in Doudna 106)
    Improving Instructional Effectiveness (Meets in Doudna 145)
    Education in A Multicultural Society (Meets in Doudna 127)
    Pre/Student Teaching Supervision (Meets in assigned School)
    Directed Studies in Educational Technology (Independent Studies)

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    Initial update: May 15, 2004