Being Responsive to Cultural Differences

This book offers educators a comprehensive look at the state of teaching in the changing cultural mix of American education. It draws skillful pictures of the challenges and opportunities facing teacher education faculty and students as well as preservice teachers.In 12 chapters the contributors explore training and teaching from a variety of perspectives. For example follow a minority preservice teacher as she relates her difficulties with the older White supervisors who test her resolve to be a teacher. Hear from a white teacher in a minority classroom on the progress of cultural responsiveness in practice. Find out how educators are (or aren’t) incorporating multicultural perspectives into their curricula.