Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Education: Psychology's Contributions to Understanding and Reducing Disparities
Total CE Credit Hours: 4 Course Info URL: https://www.ce-credit.com/courses/101972
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This course addresses the ethnic and racial groups that have historically and presently demonstrated a pattern of educational disparities in the U.S. educational system. The course material covers relevant research and theory to inform an understanding of educational disparities and strategies to redress them. The article specifically examines the educational gap of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Southeast Asian groups relative to Whites and other Asian Americans.
This course is based on the reading-based online article, Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Education: Psychology’s Contributions to Understanding and Reducing Disparities created by APA Presidental Task Force on Educational Disparities in 2012.
Journal/Publisher
APA Task Force Report
Publication Date
2012
Course Material Author
APA Presidental Task Force on Educational Disparities
APA Presidental Task Force on Educational Disparities authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.
Dr. Gibson is a Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years in research, clinical and consulting practice. He has also held leadership roles in research administration and program evaluation and more recently has specialized in program evaluation and system analysis. He draws upon his years of expertise as a practicing psychologist, administrator, researcher and technologist to help universities evaluate their programs to implement, meet, and maintain CACREP standards.
Recommended For
This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, and social workers who seek knowledge to understand ethnic and racial minority groups educational disparities . It is appropriate for intermediate to advanced levels of participants' knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Identify the ethnic and racial groups that demonstrate a pattern of pervasive educational disparities.
Identify the relationship of gender, social identity and ethnic/racial self-consciousness to educational disparities.
Discuss best practices and research strategies to raise achievement and close achievement gaps.
Describe recommendations for research, educational practice and advocacy of ethnic and racial minority groups.
Availability
This course is available starting Feb 22nd, 2013 and expires Dec 31st, 2021
Disclosure to Learners
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
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Planners and Reviewers
The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.
Material Authors
Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.
Course Creator
Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Commercial support
There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.
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