Many colleges of education across the nation have given increased attention to the
challenge of preparing monocultural educators for an increasingly diverse student …

Discussions about multiculturalism and multicultural education often focus on definitions of
multiculturalism and the varieties of imple-mentation in schools. Scholars and researchers …

As they begin their teaching careers, many new teachers have never attended school with,
or lived in neighborhoods with, people of color. About 84% of the nation's teachers are White …

This study focused on determining whether there are particular factors that may be
associated with the development of greater multicultural awareness and sensitivity in …

In this article the author postulates there are six key factors associated with changing
preservice teachers' attitudes toward and beliefs about diversity-their dispositions, which …

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 …

Questions about the place and nature of multiculturalism in teacher education continue to be
contentious and problematic. Several recent developments make them at once more …

In this study, I examine the perspectives of preservice teachers enrolled in a multicultural
education course at a large predominately White Midwestern university. Past research on …

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 …

Evelyn Morino Weismon ond S. Ano Gorzo chool districts across the nation are serving
increasing numbers of students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. It is …