ERIC Number: ED304514
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Sep-30
Pages: 101
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Preparing Students To Work Effectively with Diverse Students in Multicultural Settings. Final Report.
Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Madison.
This document describes a two-year elementary teacher education program conducted jointly by the Madison Metropolitan School District and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The program focused on developing more effective strategies for school-university collaboration in preparing students to teach effectively a racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse student population. The report is divided into three parts. Part A, "Project Portrayal," describes and evaluates the program, which inaugurates significant alterations in the following aspects of the traditional teacher education program: (1) organizational structure (creation of a student cohort, use of three "clinical training sites"); (2) instructional roles (creation of position, "clinical teacher-supervisor"); and (3) preservice curriculum (emphasis on multicultural education). The evolution of the program is outlined, and major issues, strategies, and collaboration approaches discussed. The following major outcomes are discussed: (1) collaboration as a school, university, and community activity; (2) integration of school and university-based teacher education; (3) support systems at the school and university level; (4) integration of multicultural education into university and field-based curriculum and instructional strategies; (5) the role of the clinical teacher supervisor; and (6) the effects of the cohort group. Part B is a draft of the program assessment report. Part C is a practice profile. Appendices to parts A and B provide additional data, including an outline of approach to multicultural education, three tables, and the evaluation instruments. Nine references are included. (BJV)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Experimental Programs, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Multicultural Education, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, School Community Relationship, Student Teaching, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Methods
Wisconsin Center for Education Research, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1025 West Johnson Street, Madison, WI 53706.
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Madison.
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