Being responsive to cultural differences : how teachers learn

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Being responsive to cultural differences : how teachers learn

editor, Mary E. Dilworth

Corwin Press, c1998

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book offers educators a comprehensive look at the state of teaching in the changing cultural mix of American education. It draws skillful pictures of the challenges and opportunities facing teacher education faculty and students as well as preservice teachers. In 12 chapters, the contributors explore training and teaching from a variety of perspectives. For example, follow a minority preservice teacher as she relates her difficulties with the older, White supervisors who test her resolve to be a teacher. Hear from a white teacher in a minority classroom on the progress of cultural responsiveness in practice. Find out how educators are (or aren't) incorporating multicultural perspectives into their curricula. This thoroughly researched volume considers the burgeoning issue of cultural responsiveness in teacher education. Contributing authors use rich descriptions and examples of how these new responses look and feel in practice. Real-life stories clarify perspectives and provide ideas on how to incorporate these lessons into teacher education courses. This volume looks at how the education of millions of students of color is affected by their nearly-always-white teachers. The chapter authors offer opinions and suggestions for teacher educators to encourage preservice teachers to construct and expand their own skills and techniques for teaching 21st century populations in ways that are culturally responsive.

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The Presence of an Absence - Pearl M Rosenberg Issues in Teacher Education at a Predominantly White College Campus Confronting Issues of Race and Power in the Culture of Schools - Jane Agee A Case Study of a Preservice Teacher Teacher Efficacy - Valerie Ooka Pang and Velma Sablaln How Do Teachers Feel about Their Ability to Teach African-American Students? Culture - Michael Webb A View toward the Unexplored Frontier The African Advantage - Mwangaza Michael-Bandele Using African Culture to Enhance Culturally Responsive Comprehensive Teacher Education Multicultural Content Infusion by Student Teachers - Michael Vavrus and Mustafa Ozcan Perceptions and Beliefs of Cooperating Teachers Prospective Teachers Constructing Their Own Knowledge in Multicultural Education - Sharon Adelman Reyes, Nayda Capella-Santana and Lena Licon Khisty Culturally Literate Teachers - Claudette M Ligons, Luis A Rosado and W Robert Houston Preparation for 21st Century Schools What Difference Does Preparation Make? Educating Preservice Teachers for Learner Diversity - Andrea Guillaume, Carmen Zuniga and Ivy Yee Pursuing the Possibilities of Passion - Francisco Rios, Laura Stowell and Janet McDaniel The Affective Domain of Multicultural Education Multicultural Education in Practice - Constance L Walker and Diane J Tedick What Do Teachers Say? Old Messages with New Meanings - Mary E Dilworth

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