Teaching Culturally Different Students: Growing Pine Trees or Bonsai Trees.

Locke, Don C.

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Teaching Culturally Different Students: Growing Pine Trees or Bonsai Trees.

Locke, Don C.

Contemporary Education, v59 n3 p130-133 Spr 1988

This article reviews educational inequalities based on cultural heritage and proposes a model for teachers to become more effective in teaching culturally diverse students. The cross-cultural awareness continuum is described and the stages through which a teacher must pass to achieve such awareness are discussed. (JL)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Stereotypes, Multicultural Education, Student Characteristics, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Models

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