Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ594166
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Mexican-American Preservice Teachers and the Intransigency of the Elementary School Curriculum.
Tellez, Kip
Teaching and Teacher Education, v15 n5 p555-70 Jul 1999
Investigated how Mexican-American student teachers expressed their cultural knowledge in lesson planning and implementation. Semistructured interviews with Mexican-American student teachers working in elementary Professional Development Schools revealed little ethnic expression, even when teaching Mexican-American children. They were never invited to develop curricular themes focusing on the cultural knowledge that they shared with the children. (SM)
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Faculty), Diversity (Student), Elementary Education, Higher Education, Mexican Americans, Minority Group Teachers, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Student Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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