Culturally Responsive Dispositions in Prospective Mathematics Teachers
Sustaining teachers in culturally and linguistically diverse schools has been a prominent issue for years. This qualitative study focused on the impact of an enhanced preparation program on the cultural dispositions of five pre-service mathematics teachers. It is postulated that if positive cultural...
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| author | Williams Desha L. Edwards Belinda Kuhel Karen A. Lim Woong |
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| description | Sustaining teachers in culturally and linguistically diverse schools has been a prominent issue for years. This qualitative study focused on the impact of an enhanced preparation program on the cultural dispositions of five pre-service mathematics teachers. It is postulated that if positive cultural dispositions are developed in teacher candidates, the possibility of them remaining in cultural school settings is likely. Themes emerged demonstrating that the enhanced program heightened the participants’ awareness of cultural and linguistic differences, as well as, their commitment to impacting academic achievement. Of the five participants, four teach in a culturally and linguistically school after five years in the profession, demonstrating sustainability after participating in the enhanced program. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-287d416f25344db588540859f91191612022-12-22T03:13:51ZengSciendoDiscourse and Communication for Sustainable Education2255-75472016-12-0172173310.1515/dcse-2016-0013Culturally Responsive Dispositions in Prospective Mathematics TeachersWilliams Desha L.0Edwards Belinda1Kuhel Karen A.2Lim Woong3Kennesaw State University, the United States of AmericaKennesaw State University, the United States of AmericaKennesaw State University, the United States of AmericaUniversity of New Mexico, the United States of AmericaSustaining teachers in culturally and linguistically diverse schools has been a prominent issue for years. This qualitative study focused on the impact of an enhanced preparation program on the cultural dispositions of five pre-service mathematics teachers. It is postulated that if positive cultural dispositions are developed in teacher candidates, the possibility of them remaining in cultural school settings is likely. Themes emerged demonstrating that the enhanced program heightened the participants’ awareness of cultural and linguistic differences, as well as, their commitment to impacting academic achievement. Of the five participants, four teach in a culturally and linguistically school after five years in the profession, demonstrating sustainability after participating in the enhanced program.https://doi.org/10.1515/dcse-2016-0013teacher preparationteacher sustainabilityteacher retentioncultural dispositionsmathematics teacher preparation |
| spellingShingle | Williams Desha L. Edwards Belinda Kuhel Karen A. Lim Woong Culturally Responsive Dispositions in Prospective Mathematics Teachers Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education teacher preparation teacher sustainability teacher retention cultural dispositions mathematics teacher preparation |
| title | Culturally Responsive Dispositions in Prospective Mathematics Teachers |
| title_full | Culturally Responsive Dispositions in Prospective Mathematics Teachers |
| title_fullStr | Culturally Responsive Dispositions in Prospective Mathematics Teachers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Culturally Responsive Dispositions in Prospective Mathematics Teachers |
| title_short | Culturally Responsive Dispositions in Prospective Mathematics Teachers |
| title_sort | culturally responsive dispositions in prospective mathematics teachers |
| topic | teacher preparation teacher sustainability teacher retention cultural dispositions mathematics teacher preparation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/dcse-2016-0013 |
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