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Teaching Diversity to Preservice Teachers: Encouraging Self-Reflection and Awareness to Develop Successful Teaching Practices

Marla S. Sanders / Kathryn Haselden / Randi M. Moss
Published Online: 2013-11-07 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mlt-2012-0012

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to promote discussion of how teacher education programs can better prepare teacher candidates to teach for social justice in ethnically and culturally diverse schools. The authors suggest that teacher education programs must develop teacher candidates’ capacity to teach for social justice through preparation programs that encourage critical reflection and awareness of one’s beliefs, perceptions, and professional practice. The authors ask the following questions: How can teacher educators provide structures in professional preparation programs that will produce reflective practitioners? How might we prepare teacher candidates who are constantly thinking about how they perceive their students and their families and how those perceptions affect the way they relate to students? Through a discussion of five case scenarios, the authors discuss prior research on preparing teachers for culturally diverse schools and offer suggestions for improving professional education programs.

Keywords: teacher preparation; social justice; multiculturalism

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About the article

Published Online: 2013-11-07

Published in Print: 2014-09-01

Citation Information: Multicultural Learning and Teaching, Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 171–185, ISSN (Online) 2161-2412, ISSN (Print) 2194-654X, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mlt-2012-0012.

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