An empirical study of College of Education faculty's perceptions, beliefs, and commitment to the teaching of diversity in teacher education programs at four urban universities

Urban Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-61

  Smolen, Lynn A ^a   Colville Hall, Susan ^a   Liang, Xin ^a   Donald, Suzanne Mac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Diversity; Faculty; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646858968     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-005-0022-2     Document Type: Article

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