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This book describes a different approach to teacher education, designed to create "carriers of the torch"—teachers who have a sense of efficacy and the attitudes, dispositions, and skills necessary to teach students from diverse racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. Through her examination of teacher change and teacher education in two countries—the United States and South Africa—the author proposes new ways to prepare teachers for a rapidly changing global society. Presenting the story of a dynamically successful program that was developed and implemented with over a hundred U.S. and South African teachers, this book shows us how to: * Facilitate the development of teachers who see literacy as a tool for understanding and building upon student diversity in their classrooms. * Restructure teacher education programs to cultivate teachers who are committed to teaching socially and economically disenfranchised students. * Foster teachers’ interest in understanding the historical, cultural, political, and economic circumstances and resources that students bring to the classroom. * Empower teachers to become agents of change and develop their own voices on critical issues related to diversity.
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MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION SERIES James A. Banks, Series Editor Multicultural Strategies for Education and Social Change: Carriers of the Torch in the United States and South Africa ARNETHA F. BALL We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools, SECOND EDITION GARY R. HOWARD Un-Standardizing Curriculum: Multicultural Teaching in the StandardsBased Classroom CHRISTINE E. SLEETER Beyond the Big House: African American Educators on Teacher Education GLORIA LADSON-BILLINGS Teaching and Learning in Two Languages: Bilingualism and Schooling in the United States EUGENE E. GARCÍA Improving Multicultural Education: Lessons from the Intergroup Education Movement CHERRY A. MCGEE BANKS Education Programs for Improving Intergroup Relations: Theory, Research, and Practice WALTER G. STEPHAN AND W. PAUL VOGT, EDS. Walking the Road: Race, Diversity, and Social Justice in Teacher Education MARILYN COCHRAN-SMITH City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education PEDRO A. NOGUERA Thriving in the Multicultural Classroom: Principles and Practices for Effective Teaching MARY DILG Educating Teachers for Diversity: Seeing with a Cultural Eye JACQUELINE JORDAN IRVINE Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity in Public Life WALTER C. PARKER The Making—and Remaking—of a Multiculturalist CARLOS E. CORTÉS Transforming the Multicultural Education of Teachers: Theory, Research, and Practice MICHAEL VAVRUS Learning to Teach for Social Justice LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND, JENNIFER FRENCH, AND SILVIA PALOMA GARCIA-LOPEZ, EDS. Culture, Difference, and Power CHRISTINE E. SLEETER Learning and Not Learning English: Latino Students in American Schools GUADALUPE VALDÉS Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice GENEVA GAY The Children Are Watching: How the Media Teach About Diversity CARLOS E. CORTÉS Race and Culture in the Classroom: Teaching and Learning Through Multicultural Education MARY DILG The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities SONIA NIETO Reducing Prejudice and Stereotyping in Schools WALTER STEPHAN Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society JAMES A. BANKS Multicultural Education, Transformative Knowledge, and Action: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives JAMES A. BANKS, ED. Multicultural Strategies for Education and Social Change CARRIERS OF THE TORCH IN THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH AFRICA Arnetha F. Ball Foreword by Shirley Brice Heath Teachers College, Columbia University New York and London Published by Teachers College Press, 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 Copyright © 2006 by Teachers Coll