Developing multicultural teacher education curricula

Larkin, Joseph M., 1947- (Added Author). Sleeter, Christine E., 1948- (Added Author).

Summary: Very little attention has been given to the preparation of teachers to work in multicultural education. This book meets an important need, focusing on the teacher education curriculum, discussing how to make that curriculum multicultural. The book begins by discussing issues involved in preparing a predominantly White preservice teacher education population for multicultural teaching, and issues faculty need to consider when redesigning their coursework from a multicultural perspective. The remaining chapters examine and illustrate how specific courses in the teacher education curriculum can be redesigned multiculturally. Authors include many practical “nuts and bolts” suggestions along with discussions of problems that might be encountered in their implementation.

Record details

ISBN: 0791425932
ISBN: 9780791425930
ISBN: 0791425940
ISBN: 9780791425947
Physical Description: print
xi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Curriculum themes and issues in multicultural teacher education programs / Joseph M. Larkin -- White preservice students and multicultural education coursework / Christine E. Sleeter -- Autobiography : pivot points for engaging lives in multicultural contexts / Sandra Jackson -- Developing social and cultural foundations from a multicultural perspective / William D. Armaline and Kathleen S. Farber -- Social service field experiences and teacher education / Kip Tellez [and others] -- Psychological and developmental perspectives in a multicultural framework : exploring some possibilities / Francisco A. Ríos and Gerardo M. González -- Oral histories : an interactive link in teaching language arts / Clara A. New -- Reading methods courses: a multicultural perspective / Rose Mary Scott -- Constructing a multicultural orientation through children's literature / Charlene Klassen-Endrizzi and Richard Ruiz.