Shaping one traditional special educator preparation program toward more cultural competence
Keywords
teacher educators, cultural diversity, special education, teacher recruitment, ethnicity, disabilities
Abstract
Educational professionals agree that traditional preservice preparation has been inadequate in preparing educators to teach culturally and/or linguistically diverse students. Reasons for this lack of preparation are generally identified as an insufficient number of diverse teacher candidates and poor infusion of culturally competent practices across programs. Most universities and colleges have responded to these needs, but neglect the need to improve faculty members’ own cultural competence. We present the journey taken by one traditional special education teacher preparation program to increase the number of diverse candidates enrolled, infuse cultural diversity competence across the program, and improve faculty members’ sensitivity and appropriate responses toward cultural differences.
Original Publication Citation
Prater, M. A., Wilder, L. K., & Dyches, T. T. (2008). Shaping one traditional special educator preparation program toward more cultural competence. Teaching Education, 19(2), 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/10476210802040765
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Taylor, Tina M.; Prater, Mary Anne; and Wilder, Lynn K., "Shaping one traditional special educator preparation program toward more cultural competence" (2008). Faculty Publications. 7372.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7372
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Language
English
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Counseling Psychology and Special Education
Copyright Status
© 2008 School of Education, The University of Queensland
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