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Pedagogical Approaches To Multicultural Education Within Teacher Preparation Programs, Mark Steven Barajas
Pedagogical Approaches To Multicultural Education Within Teacher Preparation Programs, Mark Steven Barajas
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Despite national standards established in 1979, U.S. teacher preparation programs have struggled to incorporate comprehensive, multicultural teacher education into existing curriculum (Sleeter, 2008). The weakness of multicultural training in most teacher preparation programs is theorized as a major contributor to the persistent achievement gap between students of color and White students (Ferguson, 2003). Furthermore, literature indicates White teachers frequently hold lower expectations for racial and ethnic minority students compared to White students and these lowered expectations often manifest as lower academic achievement (McKown & Weinstein, 2007).
This study provides empirical data regarding multicultural education within teacher preparation programs. Individual course …
Literacy Practices Among Migrant Teachers: Educator Perspectives And Critical Observations, Briana Asmus
Literacy Practices Among Migrant Teachers: Educator Perspectives And Critical Observations, Briana Asmus
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This research builds upon scholarship that explores the unique needs of Latina/o migrant students and the teachers who serve them. Situated within the overlapping fields of migrant education, critical literacy, and Latina/o critical theory, this narrative examines the practices and perspectives of three teachers, each with more than a decade of experience teaching migrant students in a summer migrant education program (SMEP) in Michigan. The purpose of this study is to give educators, administrators, and community members who work with migrant students additional insight into the literacy acquisition process and unique challenges of working with this population.
Despite the aim …
Experiences Of African American Female First Generation College Students, Ashley Green
Experiences Of African American Female First Generation College Students, Ashley Green
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The purpose of this qualitative phenomenology study was to gain a better understanding of the experiences of African American, female, first generation college students attending a large, predominantly White research university and to understand what motivates them. The major research question guiding this study was: How do African American, female, first generation college students (in good academic standing) describe their college experience? The researcher asked the participants to discuss their challenges, how they responded to challenges, sources of motivation, and factors that contributed to their success in college.
Through individual, face to face, interviews with 10 African American, female, FGC …