The Influence of Teacher Background on the Inclusion of Multicultural Education: A Case Study of Two Contrasts

Urban Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-176

  Smith, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Background experiences; Multicultural education; Preservice teachers; Social studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845370976     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005133815768     Document Type: Article

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