Acting on beliefs in teacher education for cultural diversity

This discussion focuses on an aspect of teacher education for diversity that is frequently mentioned but not developed in sufficient detail. It is preservice teachers' and teacher educators' attitudes and beliefs about racial, cultural, and ethnic differences. These are the ideological anchors of teaching decisions and behaviors and meet Cuban's criteria of deep structures and second-order targets of educational reform. Keywords diversity, race/class/gender issue, teacher knowledge and beliefs
The ethnic, racial, cultural, social, and linguistic diversity that is growing by leaps and bounds in U.S. schools and society is a defining feature of our lives, even though we [...]