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Educating Culturally Responsive Teachers: A Coherent Approach. SUNY Series, Teacher Preparation and Development

This book examines what is needed to accomplish the task of staffing U.S. schools with culturally responsive teachers, discussing the specific elements of teacher education programs needed for the country's diverse public schools. The book focuses on the importance of recruiting and preparing a diverse teaching force, proposing a vision for restructuring the teacher education curriculum, reconceiving the pedagogy used to prepare prospective teachers, and transforming the institutional context in order to support the recommended curricular and pedagogical changes.

• Author/Creator: Villegas, Ana Maria, Lucas, Tamara
• Author's address: State University of New York Press, c/o CUP Services, Box 6525, Ithaca, NY 14851 (paperback: ISBN-0-7914-5240-9, $20.95; hardback: ISBN-0-7914-5239-5, $62.50). Tel: 800-666-2211 (Toll Free); Fax: 800-688-2877 (Toll Free).
• Date Published: 00-00
• Year: 2002

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Subject: Culturally Relevant Education
• Subject: Cultural Pluralism

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