Preservice teachers began to understand that overly formal, rigid approaches to teaching and learning were often inconsistent with the needs of their mentees,
particularly in multicultural settings where students might not share similarities in language, customs, traditions, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Faculty members explained that successful
teaching in multicultural settings includes reworking lessons and classroom interactions until cross-cultural learning becomes a key axis around which they can develop disciplinary knowledge, personal knowledge, and contextual knowledge.
Through the use of two - way videoconferencing that allowed preservice teachers to observe and
instruct in multicultural settings previously unavailable, future teachers began to understand the important interplay between action and reflection.
With White Bread, Sleeter artfully explores the challenging topics of race, culture, history and identity critical to the success of white
teachers in multicultural settings.
During their second and third years, undergraduateshave four twenty - five - hour field experiences (at least two
in multicultural settings), plus a practicumin which they work with special - needs students.The placements have clear objectives and are closelytied to coursework.
My experience
in multicultural settings has rendered me able to communicate effectively in Spanish in addition to English and this exposure to cultural diversity could also come in handy at your school since you also cater for students belonging to diverse cultures.