Cross-cultural partnerships: acknowledging the “equal other” in The Rural/Urban American Indian Teacher Education Program
Cross-cultural partnerships: acknowledging the “equal other” in The Rural/Urban American Indian Teacher Education Program
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跨文化伙伴关系:承认农村/城市美国印第安人教师教育计划中的“平等他人”
DOI:
10.1016/s0742-051x(99)00021-9
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发表时间:
1999
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通讯作者:
Joseph H. Suina
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作者:
Laura B. Smolkin;Joseph H. Suina
This paper presents a description of The Rural/Urban American Indian Teacher Education Program, based on Buber's (1970. I and thou. New York: Scribner) notion of the equal other. It featured cross-cultural partnerships at every possible level – university faculty, mentor teachers, and student teachers. The program's goals were two-fold: the preparation of more American Indian teachers and the culturally enhanced preparation of the “white, female, monolingual” (Zeichner, 1992. Educating teachers for cultural diversity. East lansing, MI: National Center for Research on Teacher Learning) candidates who represent the majority of teacher education candidates. A look at some of the successes and failures of the program, as well as its distinctive features, may aid those seeking to stress context and culture in preservice teaching situations.