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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Providing Field Experiences with Diverse Populations for Preservice Teachers: Using Technology to Bridge Distances and Cultures
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Phillion, JoAnn; Miller, Paul Chamness; Lehman, James D. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2005
This article discusses a technology project that enables preservice teachers to have field experiences in diverse settings from a distance. Using the interactive capabilities of video conferencing over the Internet, preservice teachers engage in a "virtual" field experience with a diverse classroom in a distant school. Preservice teachers involved…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Field Experience Programs, Teacher Educators
Using Life-Based Literary Narratives in Multicultural Teacher Education
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Phillion, JoAnn; He, Ming Fang – Multicultural Perspectives, 2004
As educators of both preservice and in-service teacher education students, 1 of the key questions we ask ourselves is how to prepare White students in rural areas of the United States to meet the needs of increasingly diverse populations of students. In this article, we discuss the conflicting research on how to meet goals of multicultural teacher…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Teacher Education, Multicultural Education, Educational Change