Spinning the Web: Relationships, Talk, and Learning in a Diverse Classroom.

Puidokas, Cammie Kim

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ERIC Number: EJ609541

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Publication Date: 2000

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Spinning the Web: Relationships, Talk, and Learning in a Diverse Classroom.

Puidokas, Cammie Kim

English Education, v32 n4 p299-307 Jul 2000

Presents concerns of a middle school teacher regarding the possibility that programs designed to enhance teachers' cultural sensitivity might inadvertently serve to emphasize the differences between white teachers and their students of color. Relates how her students dealt with the use of racial epithets by other students. (NH)

Descriptors: Diversity (Student), English Teacher Education, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Middle Schools, Racial Bias, School Community Relationship, Social Differences, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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