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Preparing Teachers for Diversity: Lessons Learned from the U.S. and South Africa

Analyzed U.S. and South African teachers' discourses, investigating differences in development of commitment among teachers who engaged in talk-related activities within teacher education versus those who engaged in talk-related activities plus theory-enacting activities within diverse classrooms. Results highlight how developing commitment can be facilitated by carefully designed classroom activities. Differences are revealed in teachers' discourse patterns. (SM)

• Author/Creator: Ball, Arnetha F.
• Date Published: May
• Journal/Secondary Title: Teaching and Teacher Education
• Number: 4
• Volume: 16
• Year: 2000

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Subject: Cultural Awareness
• Subject: Diversity (Student)
• Subject: Multicultural Education

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