Search results for: Multiculturalism

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Getting World English Speaking Student Teachers to the Top of the Class: Making hope for ethno-cultural diversity in teacher education robust
Authors: Singh Michael, Han Jinghe
The article explores the problem of the education and retention of world English speaking student teachers due to the diversity of multiculturalism in Australia. The study explored issues concerning world English student teachers from minority (Asian Pacific) immigrant background and found that the student teachers experienced a pedagogical gap between their teacher education and being 'Australian teachers,' between the hopes and happening in their teacher education programs; their practicum; the complexities of student behaviour management; the English language difficulties of their teacher educators, and most importantly the marginalisation of their language and thus their knowledge of education.
Published: 2007
Updated: Jan. 09, 2008
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Strengthening the Case for Community-Based Learning in Teacher Education
Authors: Cooper Jewell E.
The article describes how preservice teachers responded to community-based activities located in the home communities of their students. Analysis of work samples, interviews, and observations revealed challenges faced by the preservice teachers regarding stereotypical beliefs and misconceptions about the home communities. In addition, through community-based learning, the teachers were able to build relationships with their learners, and potentially impact student achievement.
Published: 2007
Updated: Jan. 07, 2008
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Working with Communities to Explore and Personalize Culturally Relevant Pedagogies: Push, Double Images, and Raced Talk
Authors: Seidl Barbara
The article explores and makes concrete the ways in which cultural and political knowledge can be explored, understood, and personalized as prospective teachers begin to develop culturally relevant approaches. The authors describe how a group of African American prospective teachers begin to develop bicultural competency and personalize cultural and political knowledge in order to develop culturally relevant pedagogies.
Published: 2007
Updated: Jan. 07, 2008
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What Teacher Candidates Learned About Diversity, Social Justice, and Themselves From Service-Learning Experiences
Authors: Baldwin Shelia C., Buchanan Alice M., Rudisill Mary E.
The article describes how service learning provides opportunity to understand social justice, multiculturalism, diversity and themselves. Although the teachers were from predominantly white middle-class backgrounds, all shared in the discussions regarding preconceived notions, teaching in diverse situations, and how preconceived notions were overcome.
Published: 2007
Updated: Jan. 07, 2008