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

• Autore: Sleeter Christine E. <1948-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (446 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.1170973; 370.19/341; 370.19341
• Soggetto topico: Multicultural education - United States; Teachers - In-service training - United States
• Note generali: First published in 1992 by Falmer Press.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-235) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Keepers of the American dream
• ISBN: 1-136-51017-6; 1-280-77658-7; 9786613686978; 1-136-51018-4; 0-203-14731-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779258803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wisconsin series of teacher education.