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But Good Intentions are Not Enough: Preparing Teachers to Center Race and Poverty

verfasst von: H. Richard Milner, Judson C. Laughter

Erschienen in: The Urban Review | Ausgabe 2/2015

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Drawing from principles of critical race theory, the authors consider the curriculum of teacher education as a potential policy and practice site for centering the interconnections of race and poverty in the preparation of teachers. Several macro-level recommendations are advanced that might influence practices in teacher education and ultimately in P-12 classrooms. These policies suggestions include (1) Reform the curriculum of teacher education to emphasize a deeper study of race; (2) Reform the curriculum of teacher education to emphasize a deeper study of poverty; and (3) Reform the curriculum of teacher education to emphasize a deep study of the nexus between race and poverty. The authors conclude with the observation that although teachers and teacher educators tend to have good intentions, those intentions too often fail to meet the needs of Black and Brown students or students living in poverty.

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Titel: But Good Intentions are Not Enough: Preparing Teachers to Center Race and Poverty
verfasst von: H. Richard Milner
Judson C. Laughter
Publikationsdatum: 01.06.2015
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: The Urban Review / Ausgabe 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0042-0972
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-1960
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-014-0295-4

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