Please forward me some of the relevant references. Thank you.
======================================================== Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 monkeybrain-collagist.blogspot.com "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King Jr. On Jan 31, 2011, at 2:38 PM, michael sylvester wrote: > > > Effective in 2012,I will be asking the major accreditation boards to review > the curricula of Psychology departments to ascertain that > the departments give coverage to the contributions of > Africans,Afro-Americans,Chinese and other ethnicites to the development and > maintenance of psychological science and the discipline.Currently psychology > ignores the contributions of non-Eurocentric sources.With increasing > globalization and the declining significance of Eurocentric cognitive > imperialism,the old capitalistic models that led to the thrusts > of modern psychology are gradually fading.Our digital age has led us to > discover knowledge bases that pre-existed before printing came > as the only sources of verification of information.But this no longer can be > the basis for the justification of the Eurocentric model > In the past academia have had to make changes,for example,affirmative > action,recruitment,staff credentials as conditions for further > re-affirmation of accreditation. > I will contend in my proposals the necessuty of Psychology to be more > focused on inclusiveness instead of adherence to only the cognitive > and methodological knowledge bases from a Eurocentric perspective. > My concerns will also be addressed to the U.S Department of Education,the > Congressional Black caucus,the NSF,and other agencies. > With Black History Month in February,tipsters should devote one class period > to peruse non-Eurocentric contributions to the field as lecture,students' > assignment or "by any means necessary." > Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13522.468cbac056133a996283cca7e2976336&n=T&l=tips&o=8280 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-8280-13522.468cbac056133a996283cca7e2976...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8291 or send a blank email to leave-8291-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
