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Peer reviewedGordon, June A. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1996
Drawing on the experience of a program that trained adult international students as teachers for U.S. urban classrooms, this article explores ways to empower these teacher candidates in classrooms in which they are in a minority and how their contributions can educate the dominant culture as the text or teacher cannot. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Students, Immigrants
Download full textGordon, June A. – 1993
This study examined whether minority group teachers working in urban settings were recommending teaching as a career to minority group young people. One hundred forty teachers in three urban school districts (Cincinnati, Ohio; Long Beach, California; and Seattle, Washington) were asked if and to whom they recommended teaching careers. They were…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction
Gordon, June A. – 1995
The student population of urban schools reflects widely diverse socioeconomic, linguistic, and ethnic backgrounds, yet few teacher training programs are currently addressing the need to recruit and train teachers reflecting this diversity. The Seattle Public Schools/Western Washington University (SPS/WWU) post-baccalaureate paraprofessional…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Black Teachers, College School Cooperation, Elementary Education
Gordon, June A. – 1994
This study explored the issue of respectability and the changing image of public school teachers through interviews with 140 teachers of color in 3 urban school districts--Cincinnati (Ohio), Seattle (Washington), and Long Beach (California). Almost half the respondents felt that either the negative image or low status of teaching was one of the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction
Gordon, June A. – 1992
This paper examines the complex and interrelated issues of inadequate schooling for urban ethnic minority children and declining numbers of ethnic minority teachers. Two observations underlie the paper's approach: teachers are becoming less able and willing to teach students who are different from themselves, and as a result, teacher "inadequacy"…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism, Economic Factors, Educational Change
Gordon, June A. – 1993
This paper explores the issue of low interest and involvement in teaching careers by students of color. The study discussed in the paper was designed to consider the following general supposition: teacher education programs, as they have traditionally selected, trained, and supported teachers, no longer suffice for the needs of today's…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Community Influence, Cultural Influences, Educational Experience
