Advancing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in a Secondary Methods Course. (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kumar, Tracey
• Is Part Of: Multicultural perspectives. Volume 20:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 111
• Page End: 116
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Multicultural education -- Periodicals; Multiculturalism -- Periodicals; 370.11705
• DOI: 10.1080/15210960.2018.1447125
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1521-0960

Abstract

Abstract : Given changes in the U.S. school-age population, it is crucial that colleges of education prepare teacher candidates to work effectively with students from diverse backgrounds. Because diversity constitutes such a small portion of the curriculum in many teacher education programs, it is crucial that teacher educators find creative ways to incorporate diversity into the courses they teach. In this article a teacher educator at a predominantly White institution in the American Southeast describes how she introduces culturally relevant pedagogy and connects it to the content, activities, and assessments included in the remainder of a course.