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Preparation for Cultural Competence
CONSTRUCTIVISM IN TEACHER EDUCATION: CONSIDERATIONS FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LINK PRACTICE TO THEORY. (1998). ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education (Ismat Abdal-Haqq) -- Identifies major forms of constructivism and discusses issues and challenges that surface when implementing constructivist approaches in preservice preparation and professional development. Full text.
http://www.monarchcenter.org/pdfs/ericconstructivism.pdf
EDUCATORS' PREPARATION FOR CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY. (2002). American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (Committee on Multicultural Education) - This discussion paper is intended to guide the development of AACTE's policies on the preparation of teachers for cultural/linguistic diversity. It emphasizes teacher education for understanding (a) sociocultural contexts of learning and the acculturation process; (b) theories and stages of second language acquisition; (c) cognitive development process of culturally/linguistically diverse students and differentiation of instruction;
(d) culturally and linguistically mediated instruction in all content areas. Full text.
http://www.aacte.org/Multicultural/default.htm
EXAMINING THE ROLE OF CRITICAL INQUIRY FOR TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICES: TWO JOINT CASE STUDIES OF MULTICULTURAL TEACHER EDUCATION. (2002). Teachers College Record (Louise Jennings, University of South Carolina, & Cynthia Potter Smith, Rock Hill District Three Schools, SC) - Describes two related ethnographic case studies to discuss how an emphasis on critical inquiry in a multicultural education course (first case) influenced one teacher's understandings and actions during two years following the course (second case). The article also describes the tools and structures that supported this teacher in creating transformative multicultural practices across classrooms in her school district. Full text.
http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=10845
PROGRAMS THAT PREPARE TEACHERS TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH. (2000). ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics (Josue E. Gonzalez & Linda Darling-Hammond). Summarizes some of the issues associated with traditional teacher education and describes several preservice and professional development programs that prepare teachers to work effectively with English language learners. Full text.
http://www.monarchcenter.org/pdfs/ericlearningenglish.pdf
REFORM AND RESTRUCTURING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER PREPARATION: MULTICULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS AND PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES. (2000).
Alliance Project, Vanderbilt University (Thomas Sileo, University of Hawaii) - This paper describes pedagogical considerations for
(a) curricular materials; (b) field-centered teacher preparation; (c) instructional strategies; (d) learning journals; (e) videotapes with peer-assisted reflection; (f) service learning activities; (g) role play; (h) action methods; and (i) assessment strategies. Full text.
http://www.monarchcenter.org/pdfs/reform.pdf
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