"But what can i do?": Three necessary tensions in teaching teachers about race

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-224

  Pollock, Mica ^a   Deckman, Sherry ^a   Mira, Meredith ^a   Shalaby, Carla ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Diversity; Gender; Race; Teacher development; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951841322     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487109354089     Document Type: Article

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