Multiculturalism and Learning Style

RITA DUNN is Professor of Instructional Leadership and Director of the Center for the Study of Teaching and Learning Styles, St. John's Univerity.SHIRLEY A. GRIGGS is Professor of Counselor Education at St. John's University. Both are recognized as outstanding faculty in teaching and research. Dunn and Griggs have coauthored Learning Styles: Quiet Revolution in American Secondary Schools (1966) and more than 17 other books as separate authors.

• Preface Acknowledgments Examining Your Knowledge of Multiculturalism and Learning Styles Understanding Learning Style and the Need for Teaching to Individual, Rather than Group, Characteristics Understanding Learning-Style Counseling and Adolescent Stages of Development Multiculturalism and the Learning-Style Characteristics of Major Cultural Groups in the United States Identifying Adolescents' Individual Learning-Style Strengths Managing the Implementation of a Learning-Style Program Designing Tactual and Kinesthetic Resources to Respond to Adolescents' Individual Learning Styles Designing Programmed Learning Sequences (PLS) to Respond to Adolescents' Individual Learning Styles Designing Contract Activity Packages (CAPs) to Respond to Adolescents' Individual Learning Styles Designing Multisensory Instructional Packages (MIPs) to Respond to Adolescents' Learning Styles References Appendix A: Available Low-Cost Resources for Getting Started Index