03154oam 2200673I 450 991045256600332120200520144314.01-280-77658-797866136869781-136-51018-40-203-14731-610.4324/9780203147313 (CKB)2550000000104242(EBL)982119(OCoLC)804662881(SSID)ssj0000690709(PQKBManifestationID)11414133(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690709(PQKBWorkID)10624273(PQKB)10403174(MiAaPQ)EBC982119(Au-PeEL)EBL982119(CaPaEBR)ebr10572195(CaONFJC)MIL368697(OCoLC)900283068(EXLCZ)99255000000010424220180706e20121992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKeepers of the American dream a study of staff development and multicultural education /Christine E. SleeterAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (446 p.)Routledge library editions: education ;121First published in 1992 by Falmer Press.0-415-75105-5 0-415-69452-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-235) and index.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; IndexThis 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 natuWisconsin series of teacher education.Multicultural educationUnited StatesCase studiesTeachersIn-service trainingUnited StatesCase studiesElectronic books.Multicultural educationTeachersIn-service training370.1170973370.19/341370.19341Sleeter Christine E.1948-,876548MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452566003321Keepers of the American dream1957340UNINA