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Publication Date: 1993
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Educating for Competence in Community and Culture: Exploring the Views of Exemplary African-American Teachers.
Foster, Michele
Urban Education, v27 n4 p370-94 Jan 1993
Describes backgrounds, educational philosophies, and the relationship between the 2 for 18 exemplary African-American teachers in 2 ethnographic studies emphasizing effects of differences in background. Teachers' knowledge of community norms and the position of the community within the larger society explains much of their success with students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Competence, Educational Philosophy, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography, Individual Differences, Knowledge Level, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Background, Teacher Effectiveness
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Language: English
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