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Testimonial Injustice and Teacher Education
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Beck, Brittney – Action in Teacher Education, 2022
This narrative inquiry explores the experiences of LGBTQ+ teacher candidates of color in a teacher education program. Composed of vignettes written by teacher candidates and narrative analysis to frame the significance of and contexts within which the vignettes were written, this study first offers insight into the ways teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education, Self Concept, Homosexuality
The Development and Validation of the Multicultural Dispositions Index
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Thompson, Franklin – Multicultural Perspectives, 2009
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Multicultural Dispositions Index (MDI), which measures diversity awareness levels of educators. Evidence of the instrument's face validity was gained through a three-year pilot study of 477 teacher and counselor candidates at a Midwestern metropolitan university, followed up by a five-year…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Test Construction, Test Validity, Construct Validity
Teacher Candidate Fashion, Tattoos, and Piercings: Finding Balance and Common Sense
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Colbert, Ron – Childhood Education, 2008
The season of new buds and blossoms also signals fashion changes in the college classroom. Shorts, short skirts, tees, muscle tops, underwear exposed by low-rise pants, hospital scrubs, and flip-flops appear. With the advent of warm weather, women's clothing style can be tight and/or revealing. Jewelry and accessories become more visible. Today,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Role Models, Social Attitudes, Clothing
"Abriendo Puertas" (Opening Doors) through Writing
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Sarmiento, Lilia E.; Vasquez, Sergio A. – Teacher Educator, 2010
A Latina college professor describes the family history-writing project she uses in her reading/language arts teacher preparation course. The project provides opportunities for Spanish bilingual teacher candidates to gain greater understanding of their cultural selves and to consider ways to successfully deploy that new insight as teachers in…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Classroom Environment, Bilingual Teachers
Narrative History in the College Classroom: Re-Contextualizing Multicultural Issues through Close Re-Reading of Juvenile Literature
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Klein, Ana Maria – Multicultural Education, 2004
In this article, the author brings to the foreground the most difficult of all teaching tasks--raising awareness. The author teaches cultural and linguistic diversity and hopes to instill a measure of tolerance in her students. She uses the Narrative Inquiry format to help uncover the many layers that surround discriminatory practices, and she…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Cultural Pluralism, Social Attitudes, Inquiry
Education Majors' Attitudes About Diversity.
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Echols, Celina Valentina; Stader, David – Education Leadership Review, 2002
A report on a study that employs data from 490 surveys to discern education majors' attitudes about diversity. The findings suggest that most students are unaware of university diversity initiatives and support the idea for targeted recruitment of faculty and students of color. (Contains 4 tables and 36 references.) (AUTHOR)
Descriptors: College Students, Diversity (Faculty), Diversity (Institutional), Diversity (Student)