Schooling Multicultural Teachers : A Guide for Program Assessment and Professional Development.

Front Cover -- Schooling Multicultural Teachers -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Acronyms -- About the Authors -- About the Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Organization -- Part I Unpacking Multicultural Education -- Chapter 1 Diversity in US Public Schools Across Time -- Committing to Diversity (1955-1964) -- Fixing Diversity (1965-1993) -- Ignoring Diversity (1994-2016) -- Rejecting Diversity (2017-present) -- Recommitting to Diversity -- Chapter 2 Multicultural Education and Teaching Dispositions -- Multicultural Education -- Culturally Relevant Teaching -- Culturally Responsive Pedagogy -- Critical Pedagogy -- Teacher Dispositions -- A New Vision of Dispositions -- Looking Ahead -- Chapter 3 The Development of the Dispositions for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Scale (DCRPS) -- Theoretical Frameworks -- Racial Identity Development -- Critical Whiteness -- Scale Development -- Item Development -- Expert Review -- Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses -- Cross Validation -- Scale Limitations -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Distinctiveness of the DCRPS -- Other Multicultural Education Scales -- Beliefs about Diversity -- Self-efficacy for Multicultural Teaching -- Dispositions for Multiculturalism -- Using the DCRPS -- Part II Teacher Preparation Program Evaluation -- Chapter 5 The DCRPS in an Urban GYO -- GYOs and Dispositions for Multicultural Education -- Teach Now: A GYO Program -- TN Evaluation -- DCRPS Findings -- Interviews -- Teach Now Strengths -- Recommendations -- Implications for GYOs -- Chapter 6 The DCRPS in an Urban Teacher Preparation Program -- Preparing Urban Educators -- MAT Evaluation -- MAT Curriculum -- Program Evaluation Data -- Findings -- Student Strengths -- Curricular Revisions -- Implications for Urban Teacher Preparation -- Part III Preservice Teacher Training.

Chapter 7 The DCRPS as a Reflective Exercise -- Course Description -- Course Assignments -- Promoting Multicultural Teaching Dispositions -- Disposition for Social Justice -- Disposition for Community -- Disposition for Praxis -- Next Steps in Dispositional Development -- Chapter 8 The DCRPS as a Course Design Tool -- Course Description -- Course Assignments -- Disposition for Praxis -- Disposition for Community -- Disposition for Social Justice -- Promoting Self-reflection -- Multicultural Teaching Goals -- Part IV Professional Development -- Chapter 9 Using the DCRPS for Professional Development in an Urban School District -- A Case Study of the DCRPS in an Urban District -- Data Analysis -- Suggested Professional Development -- Implications for Urban Teacher Professional Development -- Chapter 10 Using the DCRPS for Professional Development in a Rural Multi-District Cooperative -- A Case Study of the DCRPS in a Rural Multi-district Region -- Data Analysis -- A Two-year Professional Development Series -- Implications for Rural Teacher Professional Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Schooling Multicultural Teachers offers a historical overview of the multicultural education context, followed by practical examples of how the DCRPS can support program evaluation, as well as guide pre-service and in-service teacher development across diverse programs and demographic contexts.

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