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Small-Town College to Big-City School: Preparing Urban Teachers from Liberal Arts Colleges

Describes a model program to prepare teachers from midwestern liberal arts colleges for urban teaching careers. Student teachers come to Chicago and live together, student teaching in local urban schools and completing regular professional development and cultural diversity activities. Pre- and post-program interviews and essays indicate that the program successfully prepares students to teach in urban schools. (SM)

• Author/Creator: Sconzert, Karin, Iazzetto, Demetria, Purkey, Stewart
• 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
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Professional Development
• Subject: Cultural Differences
• Subject: Diversity (Student)
• Subject: Elementary Secondary Education
• Subject: Higher Education
• Subject: Liberal Arts
• Subject: Majors (Students)
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Preservice Teacher Education
• Subject: Reflective Teaching
• Subject: Student Teacher Attitudes
• Subject: Student Teaching
• Subject: Urban Education

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