The work of multicultural teacher education: Reconceptualizing white teacher candidates as learners

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-196

  Lowenstein, Karen L ^a  

^a Public Education and Business Coalition   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructional design development; Teacher characteristics; Teacher education development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349456761     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654308326161     Document Type: Article

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