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ERIC Number: ED017598
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1968-Feb-26
Pages: 11
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LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR PREPARING TEACHERS FOR SCHOOL STAFF DESEGREGATION. FINAL REPORT.
ADAMS, MARK
A SUMMER TRAINING INSTITUTE WHICH WAS CONDUCTED TO FACILITATE SCHOOL AND FACULTY DESEGREGATION IN THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IT WAS INTENDED THAT THE 47 NEGRO AND 33 WHITE TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM WOULD DEMONSTRATE A STRENGTHENED SELF-CONCEPT AND INCREASED TEACHING ABILITY IN INTERRACIAL CLASSROOMS. IT WAS ALSO HOPED THAT THE PARTICIPANTS WOULD GAIN AN INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR SUBJECT MATTER FIELD. SMALL GROUP SEMINARS, SUPERVISED STUDENT TEACHING IN A DESEGREGATED SUMMER SCHOOL CLASSROOM, AND TWO ACADEMIC COURSES ON THE PROBLEMS OF TEACHING IN A MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT WERE THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM. IT WAS GENERALLY FELT THAT THE PARTICIPANTS UNDERWENT POSITIVE CHANGES IN RACIAL ATTITUDES AND THAT THEIR TEACHING METHODS AND SELF-CONCEPT IN A DESEGREGATED CLASSROOM WERE CHANGED. FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM 74 OF THE 80 PARTICIPANTS TAUGHT IN DESEGREGATED SCHOOLS. (LB)
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Authoring Institution: Miami Univ., Coral Gables, FL.
Identifiers - Location: Florida
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