Ethics, Power, and Privilege: Salient Issues in the Development of Multicultural Competencies for Teachers Serving African American Children with Disabilities.

Day-Vines, Norma L.

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ604964

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: ISSN-0888-4064

EISSN: N/A

Available Date: N/A

Ethics, Power, and Privilege: Salient Issues in the Development of Multicultural Competencies for Teachers Serving African American Children with Disabilities.

Day-Vines, Norma L.

Teacher Education and Special Education, v23 n1 p3-18 Win 2000

This article addresses educators' ethical responsibility for recognizing the inherent dignity and worth of African American students with disabilities. It opens with a brief overview of multicultural education and continues with a three-pronged model for addressing multicultural competencies: awareness, knowledge, and skills. Strategies for promoting multicultural education are discussed. (Contains extensive references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Disabilities, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Multicultural Education, Social Bias, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Responsibility, Teaching Models

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

Author Affiliations: N/A