Prepare Early Childhood Teachers for Multicultural Classrooms: Reflection on Practice

Over the last 20 years, the application of multicultural education in early childhood teacher education programs has improved dramatically. However, most teacher education programs offer little or no specific coursework in cultural diversity. The lack of multicultural coursework in teacher education...

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Published in:Multicultural education (San Francisco, Calif.) Calif.), 2022-03, Vol.29 (3-4), p.18-18
Main Authors: Li, Xin, Nelson, Regena Fails
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Children
Course Descriptions
Critical Literacy
Early childhood education
Early childhood educators
Early Childhood Teachers
Education
Educational Change
Educational Environment
Empowerment
Intercultural education
Internships
Learning
Methods
Multicultural education
Multiculturalism
Practice
Preschool Teachers
Preservice Teachers
Racism
School environment
Teacher education
Teacher Educators
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Young Children
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Summary:Over the last 20 years, the application of multicultural education in early childhood teacher education programs has improved dramatically. However, most teacher education programs offer little or no specific coursework in cultural diversity. The lack of multicultural coursework in teacher education programs has resulted in many preservice teachers entering the teaching profession holding various misconceptions, false beliefs, stereotypes, and erroneous attitudes about minorities. Here, Li and Nelson examine the imoprtance of multicultural teacher education.
ISSN:1068-3844