Can Cultural Awareness Be Taught in Teacher Education Programs?.

Haberman, Martin

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ERIC Number: EJ440313

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Can Cultural Awareness Be Taught in Teacher Education Programs?

Haberman, Martin

Teaching Education, v4 n1 p25-31 Sum-Fall 1991

Several issues must be resolved to help teacher education become a truly multicultural experience. The paper discusses whether values can be taught in universities and suggests screening teacher candidates for prejudice prior to accepting them into programs. Universities need faculty who can model appropriate behaviors and teach about such issues. (SM)

Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Humanistic Education, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Improvement, Values Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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