Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ594184
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Assessing Preservice Teachers' Zones of Concern and Comfort with Multicultural Education.
Montecinos, Carmen; Rios, Francisco A.
Teacher Education Quarterly, v26 n3 p7-24 Sum 1999
Examined preservice teachers' concerns and comfort with concepts and practices advocated as approaches to multicultural education. Data from surveys conducted at different points throughout a cultural-awareness course indicated that students believed in the need for multicultural education but differed greatly regarding choices for preferred approaches to multicultural education. Students' attitudes were formed before completing any substantive coursework. (SM)
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Educational Environment, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Racial Attitudes, Racial Bias, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Teachers, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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