Studying Diversity in Teacher Education

Arnetha F. Ball, Ph.D. is a Stanford University education professor and president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She is also the Visiting Barbara A. Sizemore Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at Duquesne University.Cynthia A. Tyson, Ph. D. is professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. Her research and scholarship interests include: teaching for social justice, early childhood social studies, and multicultural children's literature.

• ForewordLinda-Darling-HammondIntroduction & OverviewCynthia A. TysonArnetha F. BallSECTION I. HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND PERSISTING CHALLENGES: PREPARING TEACHERS FOR DIVERSITYChapter 1: Diversity & Teacher Education: A Historical Perspective on Research & PolicyCarl Grant and Melissa GibsonChapter 2: Creating Interdisciplinary Multicultural Teacher Education: Courageous Leadership is CrucialValerie Ooka Pang and Cynthia D. ParkChapter 3: Researching Successful Efforts in Teacher Education to Diversify TeachersChristine E. Slater and H. Richard Milner IVChapter 4: The Meaning of Culture in Learning to Teach: The Power of Socialization and Identity FormationEtta R. HollinsSECTION II. CURRENT TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS IN RESEARCH ON DIVERSITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHER EDUCATIONA. CENTERING RESEARCH ON DIVERSE POPULATIONS IN TEACHER EDUCATIONChapter 5: Teacher Education, Struggles for Social Justice, and The Historic Erasure of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Lives

The myriad, rich, and incisive perspectives in this needed and timely book will help colleges and universities reform teacher education programs and make them culturally responsive and effective for students from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic groups.