Teacher educators in the 1990s face many challenges in preparing preservice teachers to
work in schools responsive to social and economic shifts. Changing family composition …

Adecade of increasing cultural, linguistic, and economic diversity among school-age
children and youth has focused national attention on the need to reform preservice teacher …

Abstract According to Gollnick and Chinn (1994, p. 29),"... they need the knowledge and
skills for working effectively in our culturally diverse society." In adopting a standard to deal …

Teacher educators must consider two major issues in their efforts to incorporate multicultural
education into preservice teacher preparation programs:(1) the background and previous …

Multicultural Teacher Education pain and anger of the other has been reduced to what they
know. Unfortunately, what they know is limited and does not reflect back on themselves or …

What can teacher education programs do to enhance the cultural sensitivity of preservice
teachers? A literature review reveals hundreds of articles concerning multicultural education …

Multicultural education has become a buzzword in teacher education. Though this concept
is not new to the field of education, burgeoning diverse populations in schools have …

Despite much rhetoric and research, a fundamental question in preservice teacher
education continues to elicit much debate: What do teacher candidates need to become …

White middle-class females with limited or no experiences with minorities (Zimpher S.
Ashburn, 1989). Their socialization has been culturally isolated; many teacher education …

The issue of diversity in US K-12 schools requires significant training and experiences for
preservice teachers to recognize the importance of students' socio-cultural, religious values …