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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

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

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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