Open AccessDeveloping Culturally Responsive Teachers: Current Issues and a Proposal for Change in Teacher Education Programs
Author(s) -
Huanshu Yuan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
world journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-0754
pISSN - 1925-0746
DOI - 10.5430/wje.v7n5p66
Subject(s) - teacher education , multicultural education , pedagogy , multiculturalism , context (archaeology) , cultural diversity , diversity (politics) , teacher preparation , cultural pluralism , cultural competence , knowledge base , psychology , sociology , mathematics education , computer science , paleontology , world wide web , anthropology , biology
This paper examined current issues of educating culturally responsive teachers in teacher education programs fromempirical researches. Focusing on constructing a culturally responsive knowledge base for teacher education students,this paper summarized obstacles for developing culturally responsive teachers, proposed multicultural approaches toestablish a culturally responsive knowledge base for teacher education students, as well as presented practicalimplications to enhance the knowledge construction for preparing teachers for diversity. Aiming at stimulatingreconsiderations of situating teacher education programs in multicultural context, this paper brought culturallyresponsive perspectives to empower pre-service and in-service teachers’ teaching capacities to meet needs from theirstudents with diverse cultural and racial backgrounds.