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ERIC Number: EJ609041
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
Preparing Teachers for Diversity: Lessons Learned from the U.S. and South Africa.
Ball, Arnetha F.
Teaching and Teacher Education, v16 n4 p491-509 May 2000
Analyzed U.S. and South African teachers' discourses, investigating differences in development of commitment among teachers who engaged in talk-related activities within teacher education versus those who engaged in talk-related activities plus theory-enacting activities within diverse classrooms. Results highlight how developing commitment can be facilitated by carefully designed classroom activities. Differences are revealed in teachers' discourse patterns. (SM)
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Teachers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: South Africa