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ERIC Number: EJ430539
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Coping with Multicultural Illiteracy: A Teacher Education Response.
Ladson-Billings, Gloria
Social Education, v55 n3 p186-87,194 Mar 1991
Describes an undergraduate education course on teaching in a multicultural society. Finds students to be multicultural illiterates, based on their lack of knowledge of multicultural terms. Suggests videotapes and textbooks for building students' multicultural knowledge base. Presents field activities that promote greater multicultural awareness. (NL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Curriculum, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Content, Field Instruction, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Prior Learning, Social Discrimination, Student Attitudes, United States History, Videotape Cassettes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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