03250nam 2200709Ia 450 991081343800332120200520144314.01-136-51017-61-280-77658-797866136869781-136-51018-40-203-14731-610.4324/9780203147313 (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(OCoLC)1280141395(FINmELB)ELB140326(EXLCZ)99255000000010424219920226d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKeepers of the American dream a study of staff development and multicultural education /Christine E. Sleeter1st ed.London ;Washington, D.C. Falmer Press20121 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 studiesMulticultural educationTeachersIn-service training370.1170973370.19/341370.19341Sleeter Christine E.1948-876548MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813438003321Keepers of the American dream4052761UNINA