What to Do about Differences? A Study of Multicultural Education for Teacher Trainees in the Los Angeles Unified School District
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Teacher Education
- Vol. 43 (2) , 83-93
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487192043002002
Abstract
At the end of their initial year in the Teacher Trainee Program of the Los Angeles Unified School District, teacher trainees attend a series of presentations entitled Multicultural Week. I analyzed the content of the presentations and the teachers' views of stereotypes and of teaching culturally diverse children before and after the multicultural presentations. The presentations appeared to have little effect on how teachers think about these issues. On the basis of this analysis, I raise questions about the content and pedagogy of multicultural programs.Keywords
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