Teachers from Different Shores.

Gordon, June A.

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ERIC Number: EJ538640

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Publication Date: 1996

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Teachers from Different Shores.

Gordon, June A.

Equity & Excellence in Education, v29 n3 p28-36 Dec 1996

Drawing on the experience of a program that trained adult international students as teachers for U.S. urban classrooms, this article explores ways to empower these teacher candidates in classrooms in which they are in a minority and how their contributions can educate the dominant culture as the text or teacher cannot. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adult Students, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Students, Immigrants, Interpersonal Communication, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Student Empowerment, Teacher Education, Training, Urban Education, Urban Schools, Urban Youth

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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