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Title: Stepping out of the Classroom: Building Teacher Knowledge for Developing Classroom Practice (Report)
Author : Teacher Education Quarterly
Release Date : January 22, 2009
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 219 KB

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This study presents the case of one kindergarten teacher who, in order to reflect on and address her classroom practice in mathematics, conducted an in-depth examination of a single child in her classroom. This examination took place within the context of a Professional Study Group of elementary school teachers, all of whom were White, and all of whom were studying an African-American child from their own classrooms. The growing diversity of students in United States classrooms is met with a teaching force that continues to be over 80% White and middle class (Howard, 1999; Nieto, 2004). Research indicates that White teachers often have difficulty relating to children who are not White and middle class (Nieto, 2004). This may be due in part to differences in lived experiences that exist from one cultural group to another. Knowing the middle-class White experience may support middle-class White teachers in validating that experience. Knowledge of and respect for lived experiences that are not middle class and not White, therefore, may provide a base from which White middle-class teachers can develop a sensitivity which can support them in better understanding and relating to the students who come from backgrounds different from their own.