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ERIC Number: EJ523833
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4871
Constructing Conceptions of Multicultural Teaching: Preservice Teachers' Life Experiences and Teacher Education.
McCall, Ava L.
Journal of Teacher Education, v46 n5 p340-50 Nov-Dec 1995
Addresses the need for greater understanding of the complex, contradictory nature of preservice teachers' life experiences as they interact with a multicultural, social reconstructionist teacher education course. The paper describes a study of the course and portrays two students' prior experiences that influenced their motivations to teach multiculturally. (SM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Higher Education, Life Events, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Racial Bias, Social Change, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Diversity (Student); Personal Experiences; Social Constructivism
Note: Theme issue title: "Preparing Teachers for Cultural Diversity."