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12/95/

TITLE:"Learning How the Game is Played"; An Ethnically Encapsulated Beginning Teacher's Struggle to Prepare Black Youth for a White World.


ERIC TITLE NUMBER:EJ504257
AUTHOR:BIRRELL,JAMES-R
YEAR PUBLISHED:1995
JOURNAL:Teaching-and-Teacher-Education; v11 n2 p137-47
Mar 1995

ABSTRACT:This case study examined how growing up with
limited exposure to minority cultures influenced one
beginning secondary teacher's first teaching year in
multicultural schools. Journal and interview data
indicated that his under preparation for oppositional
ethnic behaviors created teacher behavior that diminished
black students' school learning and cultural
identity.(SM)

DESCRIPTORS:CULTURAL-AWARENESS;CULTURAL-LITERACY;MULTICULTUR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS;DIVERSITY-STUDENT.

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