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Life on the Reservation: Cross-Cultural Field Experiences and Student Learning
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Richardson, Belinda Conrad; Dinkins, Elizabeth G. – AILACTE Journal, 2014
Twenty-first century classrooms are filled with increasingly diverse student populations. Effective teacher preparation programs must include explicit course work in culturally responsive pedagogies and field experiences that place educators in new sociocultural contexts. Field experiences in cross-cultural, place-based settings have the potential…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Critical Thinking, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Teaching for Equity: A Transformationist Approach
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Wheeler, Tiffany R.; Trail, Amelia El-Hindi – AILACTE Journal, 2010
Today's teachers must be equipped to reach all children and embrace a pedagogy of equity. Toward that end, teacher preparation programs need to foster a transformationist pedagogy which allows students to develop into culturally responsive teachers. This paper describes three components of a teacher preparation program that embraces teaching for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Social Justice, Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Pluralism
If Not You, Who? Preparing All Teachers for All Learners
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Pearson, Mildred M. – AILACTE Journal, 2004
This paper was adapted from a speech presented at the Annual Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education in Chicago, Illinois, during the spring 2004 conference. Dr. Pearson articulates the status of education, best teaching practices, teacher preparation, educational reform and instructional change for educating diverse…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Qualifications, Student Diversity, Minority Groups