Developing Multicultural Teacher Education Curricula

Joseph M. Larkin is Assistant Director for Research and Staff Development with the Compact for Educational Opportunity, an organization that monitors and supports the metropolitan school desegregation program in the Milwaukee area. As a school teacher, a community worker, and a university professor, he has spent twenty-five years working in the field of urban education. Christine E. Sleeter is Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She is the author/editor of many books and articles about multicultural education including Empowerment Through Multicultural Education (published by SUNY Press). She also is editor of the SUNY series, The Social Context of Education.

The book begins by discussing issues involved in preparing a predominantly White preservice teacher education population for multicultural teaching, and issues faculty need to consider when redesigning their coursework from a multicultural perspective. The remaining chapters examine and illustrate how specific courses in the teacher education curriculum can be redesigned multiculturally. Authors include many practical "nuts and bolts" suggestions along with discussions of problems that might be encountered in their implementation.

• IntroductionJoseph M. Larkin and Christine E. Sleeter 1. Curriculum Themes and Issues in Multicultural Teacher Education ProgramsJoseph M. Larkin 2. White Preservice Students and Multicultural Education CourseworkChristine E. Sleeter 3. Autobiography: Pivot Points for Engaging Lives in Multicultural ContextsSandra Jackson 4. Developing Social and Cultural Foundations from a Multicultural PerspectiveWilliam D. Armaline and Kathleen S. Farber 5. Social Service Field Experiences and Teacher EducationKip Tellez, Peter S. Hlebowitsh, Myrna Cohen, and Pamela Norwood 6. Psychological and Developmental Perspectives in a Multicultural Framework: Exploring Some PossibilitiesFrancisco A. Rios and Gerardo M. Gonzalez 7. Oral Histories: An Interactive Link in Teaching Language ArtsClara A. New 8. Reading Methods Courses: A Multicultural PerspectiveRose Mary Scott 9. Constructing a Multicultural Orientation through Children's LiteratureCharlene Klassen-Endrizzi and Richard Ruiz 10. Multicultural Social Reconstructionism and the Secondary English ClassroomRenee J. Martin 11. Teaching Social Studies Methods from a Multicultural PerspectiveMarilynne Boyle-Baise 12. Preparing Teachers for Multicultural Science IntegrationMozell P. Lang 13. Mathematics and MulticulturalismMian M. Yusuf 14. Technology and Multicultural Nonsexist TeachingTheresa Mickey McCormick 15. Preparing Music Teachers for Multicultural ChallengesNedra Cobb 16. Approaches to Making Comprehensive School Health Education Curriculum MulticulturalVeronica M. Acosta-Deprez 17. Exceptional Children from Diverse Cultures: An Overlooked Population in the Movement Towar InclusionOlga M. Welch 18. Student Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, and Supervisors: Interrupting the Multicultural Silences of Student TeachingCarl A. Grant and Cathy A. Zozakiewicz Notes on Contributors Index