How Preservice Teachers Think about Cultural Diversity: A Closer Look at Factors Which Influence Their Beliefs towards Equality.

Smith, Robert; Moallem, Mahnaz; Sherrill, Deborah

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ERIC Number: EJ551351

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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How Preservice Teachers Think about Cultural Diversity: A Closer Look at Factors Which Influence Their Beliefs towards Equality.

Smith, Robert; Moallem, Mahnaz; Sherrill, Deborah

Educational Foundations, v11 n2 p41-61 Spr 1997

This study used preservice teachers' autobiographical essays to explore their beliefs about race, class, and gender. Findings indicated that, although some students were taught equality and still held views of equality, four factors helped initiate change in their beliefs toward greater equality (education, travel, experience with discrimination, and exposure to different cultures). (SM)

Descriptors: Autobiographies, Cultural Differences, Equal Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Public Schools, Racial Bias, Racial Relations, Sex Bias, Social Values, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Teachers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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