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Teacher Education's Responsibility to Address Diversity Issues: Enhancing Institutional Capacity

Preservice teachers must be prepared to address substantial student diversity and to educate all students to higher levels of understanding and competence. Many teacher educators are not competent to prepare new teachers in this area. Several approaches to handling institutional aspects of teacher education for diversity are discussed, noting existing programs that address the issue. (SM)

• Author/Creator: Melnick, Susan L., Zeichner, Kenneth M.
• Date Published: Spr
• Journal/Secondary Title: Theory into Practice
• Number: 2
• Volume: 37
• Year: 1998

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Subject: Cultural Awareness
• Subject: Educational Quality
• Subject: Educational Responsibility
• Subject: Elementary Secondary Education
• Subject: Equal Education
• Subject: Higher Education
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Poverty
• Subject: Preservice Teacher Education
• Subject: Student Teacher Attitudes
• Subject: Student-Teachers
• Subject: Student Teaching
• Subject: Teacher Educators
• Subject: Urban Education

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