Urban educators' voices: Understanding culture in the classroom

Urban Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-351

  Smith, Deborah L ^a   Smith, Brian J ^b  

^a SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom processes; Culture; Teacher education; Teachers views; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349744126     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-008-0108-8     Document Type: Article

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