This paper discusses the advantages of including cross-cultural experiences in teacher preparation programs, describing several cross-cultural workshops and simulations that can be helpful to teacher education programs and highlighting the experience of a group of preservice elementary teachers with such a workshop. (SM)

Four key factors contributed to program success or failure of five context-specific, school-based teacher preparation programs in Arizona: university personnel, administrative support, flexibility and risk taking, and a focus on quality. Among individual program goals were preparation of special education teachers for elementary and rural Navajo…