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Publication Date: 1994
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Coping with the Culturally Unpredictable: An Ethnically Encapsulated Beginning Teacher's Struggle with African-American Students' Ethnic Behavior.
Birrell, James R.
Professional Educator, v16 n2 p27-37 Spr 1994
Reports a study that examined how one ethnically encapsulated white beginning teacher responded to African American students' unfamiliar ethnic behavior. Interviews, observations, and journal data indicated that he was underprepared to teach in multicultural settings and noted that ineffective interracial classroom relationships stifled learning in both the teacher and students. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Black Students, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Racial Attitudes, Racial Bias, Secondary Education, Student Behavior, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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