RR 90-11 What to do about differences? A study of multicultural education for teacher trainees in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Abstract
At the end of their initial year in the Teacher Training Program of the Los Angeles Unified School District, teacher trainees attend a series of presentations entitled Multicultural Week. In his paper, the author analyzes the content of the presentations and the teachers' views of stereotypes and teaching culturally diverse children both before and after the multicultural presentations. He concludes that the presentations appear to have little effect on how teachers think about these issues and raises questions about the content and pedagogy of multicultural programs.