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Educating Teachers for Diversity: Seeing with a Cultural Eye » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Jacqueline Irvine
ISBN-13: 9780807743577, ISBN-10: 0807743577
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Date Published: April 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Jacqueline Irvine

Book Synopsis

Educating Teachers for Diversity addresses the complex issues of how culture, race and ethnicity, and social class influence the teaching and learning processes. The author provides not only an analysis of current conditions and reforms in education, but also offers suggestions and practices for improving educational outcomes for all children.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1The Education of Children Whose Nightmares Come Both Day and Night1
2The Role of Colleges of Education: Multiculturalism Through Curricular and Cultural Change15
3Seeing with the Cultural Eye: Different Perspectives of African American Teachers and Researchers27
4Caring, Competent Teachers in Complex Classrooms40
5They Bring More Than Their Race: Why Teachers of Color Are Essential in Today's Schools52
6Assessment and Equity in a Culturally Diverse Society62
7Educating Teachers for Diversity: A Proposal for Change70
References87
Index99
About the Author103

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