In this article, we employ multiple lenses to examine a state-funded teacher research institute designed to meld ethnographic and teacher research with anthropological and sociological studies of childhood. Planned as support for the work of teachers in reservation schools, the institute's classes, book talks, methods exercises, and subsequent…

Proposes a model that frames a new paradigm for teacher preparation that facilitates the meaning of culture in school learning. The reflective inquiry process includes objectifying culture, personalizing culture, inquiring about students' cultures, applying knowledge to learning, formulating theory linking culture and school learning, and…

The paper examines the implications of two different theoretical approaches for teacher education (Erickson's cultural differences theory and Ogbu's secondary cultural discontinuity theory), suggesting a multicultural education curriculum that incorporates a composite of both theories in order to assist future teachers in combatting the problem of…