
ERIC Number: EJ569484
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Teachers for Multicultural Schools: The Power of Selection.
Haberman, Martin; Post, Linda
Theory into Practice, v37 n2 p96-104 Spr 1998
Proposes 12 teacher attributes that are important in multicultural schools, focusing on specific teacher qualities and ideology and explaining that selecting teachers who are predisposed to perform the sophisticated expectations of multicultural teaching is a necessary precondition. Training has important value after preselection, providing it emphasizes being mentored on the job as fully accountable teachers. (SM)
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mentors, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Personnel Selection, Poverty, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Qualifications, Teachers, Urban Education
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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