Papers by Temma Devereaux
Action in Teacher Education, Jan 1, 2009
Given that the numbers of culturally and/or linguistically diverse students being educated in U.S... more Given that the numbers of culturally and/or linguistically diverse students being educated in U.S. public schools are growing immensely, teacher educators must take respon sibility for preparing teacher candidates to work in today's diverse classrooms. This can be difficult, however, if teacher educators are not culturally responsive in their curricular content and pedagogy. Teacher educators could benefit from engaging in professional development in this area. In this article, we discuss the professional literature on culturally responsive higher education training. We focus on the intended outcomes of professional development, including faculty knowledge, skills, and dispositions, as well as activities to promote cultural responsive ness among teacher education faculty.
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Papers by Temma Devereaux