Keepers of the American dream : a study of staff development and multicultural education / Christine E. Sleeter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sleeter, Christine E., 1948-

Series:

Wisconsin series of teacher education.

Routledge library editions: education ; 121

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education--United States--Case studies.

Multicultural education.

Teachers--In-service training--United States--Case studies.

Teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (446 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book reports an ethnographic study of thirty teachers from eighteen schools who participated in a staff development programme in multicultural education. The study examines how multicultural education was actually presented to teachers, and areas in which their classroom teaching and perception of students changed over the two-year period. Although most of the teachers reported learning a good deal, changes in their teaching and their discussions of teaching were fairly limited. After reporting the data, the book examines why changes were limited, analyzing three areas: the natu

Contents:

Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1. The American Dream in the 1980s; 2. Staff Development for Multicultural Education; 3. The Teachers in their Classrooms; 4. Experiencing Staff Development; 5. Looking for Effects of Staff Development in the Classroom; 6. A Second Year of Staff Development; 7. Preserving the American Dream; 8. Multicultural Education, Staff Development, and a New American Dream; Postscript; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 1992 by Falmer Press.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-235) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-51017-6

1-280-77658-7

9786613686978

1-136-51018-4

0-203-14731-6

9780203147313

OCLC:

804662881