Creating Culturally Competent Teachers in Higher Education

This book presents evidence of a longitudinal study in teacher preparation utilizing a threefold multicultural (TFM) model of immersion. It establishes the need for culturally responsive teachers in classrooms, and outlines a proven model that can be employed to prepare them.Through the TFM model elements, pre-service teacher candidates participated in class-based, cohort fieldwork experience, and reflective journal writings and discussions. Evidence was gathered from pre- and post-questionnaires, interviews, classroom discussions, and journal writings, along with the inclusion of student voices. Pre-service teacher attitudes, beliefs, and degree of cultural responsiveness changed post-study, and candidates became more effective in the classroom, highlighting the effectiveness of the TFM model.This book is an invaluable resource for universities, under- and postgraduate students, and teachers across the globe as it provides a teacher preparation fieldwork model that helps to prepare culturally responsive teachers for children in any classroom.

Culturally Diverse Communities on Long Island in the United States.- Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) on college campuses.- The Tri-Fold Multicultural Model: A Cultural Immersion Approach.- Attitudinal Changes Among Teacher Candidates: The Power of the TFM Model.- Higher Education and Community Based partnerships during COVID - 19: A Case Study of the VIRTUAL P.E.A.C.E. Afterschool Program, Inc..- Student and Teacher Candidate Experiences during the COVID-19.- Stories of Transformation.- Voices of Student Observers and Teacher Candidates.-Voices of Current Teachers during COVID-19.