Language Arts · 1999 · 53 citations · 0 references
EducationTeacher EducationTeachingCulturally Responsive CurriculumCulturally Responsive PedagogyPedagogyCultural LiteracyCultural ResponsivenessCulturally Relevant TeachingCulturally Responsive Classroom ManagementEquity PedagogyMulticulturalismCultural Competence In EducationCulturally Responsive EducationCulturally Responsive Teacher PreparationEducator Cultural CompetenceMulticultural LiteracyMulticultural Teacher EducationTeacher Cultural CompetenceTeacher Multicultural Competence
Discusses research on the need for, and the characteristics of, culturally aware and responsive teachers. Outlines a model for preservice and inservice teachers that focuses upon the development of culturally relevant pedagogy in the context of a multicultural-literacy learning course. Describes how teachers who have taken the multicultural-literacy course have applied the model in their classrooms.