ERIC Number: EJ751894
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Oct
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0015-511X
Critical Cultural Knowledge in Special Education: Reshaping the Responsiveness of School Leaders
Murtadha-Watts, Khaula; Stoughton, Edy
Focus on Exceptional Children, v37 n2 p1 Oct 2004
This article begins with a discussion of the political and ideological dimensions of culture, cultural difference, and labeling. The authors follow with the assertion that administrator's beliefs, as expressions of personal values, are connected to their instructional behaviors and their leadership roles in schools (Hart Bredeson, 1996). Therefore, the authors make the argument that an administrator's personal commitment to becoming a multicultural person, concerned with disembedding deep-seated cultural biases and self-reflection, will contribute to schoolwide preparedness and responsiveness to cultural diversity and inclusion.
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Special Education, Instructional Leadership, Cross Cultural Training, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Leadership Styles, Labeling (of Persons), Culturally Relevant Education, Parent School Relationship, Organizational Development, School Culture
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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