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Direct linkSmiley, Azure Dee; Helfenbein, Robert J. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2011
In this qualitative study, the authors explore the connections between a preservice teacher education curriculum and the development of teacher identity. Focus is given to the impact Ruby Payne's (2001) "A Framework for Understanding Poverty" has on the ideological development of preservice special education teachers embarking on an urban…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Curriculum, Special Education Teachers
Burke, Christopher; Adler, Martha A.; Linker, Maureen – Multicultural Perspectives, 2008
Our research reflects a long-term professional dialogue and inquiry with teachers to develop and refine curriculum to address the needs of students in a high poverty, predominantly African-American school. Through our collaboration, we identify both institutional and personal barriers to changing and implementing a more student-centered…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Centered Curriculum, African American Students
Hill-Jackson, Valerie – Multicultural Perspectives, 2007
Pedagogical progress in the field of multicultural education moves at a snail's pace due to pre-service teachers' level of acceptance of multiculturalism and its tenets. Teacher candidates and seasoned teachers are simply unconscious and apathetic about matters of diversity. Pre-service teachers, primarily White and middle class, are mandated to…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Multicultural Education, Action Research, Racial Identification
Saracho, Olivia N.; Martinez-Hancock, Frances – Multicultural Perspectives, 2007
This paper provides an introduction to the Mexican-American culture, describing (1) cultural diversity and linguistic policies in the United States; (2) cultural and linguistic studies that have examined the backgrounds of Mexican-American individuals; (3) the characteristics of this population; (4) issues on discrimination and human relations;…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Mexican Americans, Cultural Pluralism, Unskilled Workers
Gorlewski, Julie – Multicultural Perspectives, 2007
English Language Arts class in a predominantly white suburban high school may seem like an unlikely site for transformational pedagogy. Teachers and students speak the same national language and most of the teachers grew up and were educated in working class communities. Despite these roots, it is far too easy for teachers to forget that our…
Descriptors: Working Class, Middle Class, Grade 11, Poetry
Parks, Marguerite W. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2006
"I am from a very small town in which almost the entire population is made up of White middle class society." This statement is a reoccurring theme of final Multicultural Education (MCE) papers by preservice teachers at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UW Oshkosh). Although this sounds like an innocuous statement, over the past 12…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Middle Class, Multicultural Education, Whites
