Imagine that you are teaching at a school that serves students ...

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Imagine that you are teaching at a school that serves students from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The students tend to congregate in groups along ethnic lines, to the point where they are quite clique-ish and exclusive, and hostilities are building up among the groups. Using guidelines presented in the textbook, describe three strategies that you and your fellow teachers might use to foster positive interaction and friendships across the groups. Describe each strategy in a separate paragraph, and be specific about what you might do.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Three of the following adults are acting in ways consistent with the textbook's recommendations regarding television and interactive media. Which one is not?
 
  a. Mr. Gregorian asks children to speculate on possible reasons why violence is so common in prime-time television programs.
  b. Mr. Edwards warns children of the many sexual predators on the Internet and urges them not to go online until they are at least sixteen.
  c. Ms. Ferraro points out how television commercials are intentionally designed to entice children to purchase certain foods, toys, and clothing.
  d. During a unit on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in her high school English class, Ms. Ingalls shows students excerpts from a recent movie based on the book.

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Answer to Question 1

The response should include three strategies, with each one being described in a separate paragraph. Following are examples of strategies that the response might include:
- Set up situations in which students can form cross-group friendships (e.g., assign cooperative learning activities, periodically change seat assignments)
- Minimize or eliminate barriers to social interaction (e.g., teach the native languages of other students)
- Help change the reputations of formerly antisocial students.
- Encourage and facilitate participation in extracurricular activities.
- Encourage a general attitude of respect for others.
Also give credit for other strategies that are clearly justified by concepts or research presented in the textbook. For instance, strategies described in the discussions of social cognition and peer mediation may be relevant here.

Answer to Question 2

B