Should teachers be colorblind? How multicultural and egalitarian beliefs differentially relate to aspects of teachers' professional competence for teaching in diverse classrooms

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-55

  Hachfeld, Axinja ^a   Hahn, Adam ^b,c   Schroeder, Sascha ^a   Anders, Yvonne ^a,d   Kunter, Mareike ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beginning teacher; Colorblindness; Multiculturalism; Teacher professional competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925010949     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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