Case studies of preservice teachers’ ideas about the role of multicultural citizenship education in social studies Article

Mathews, SA, Dilworth, PP. (2008). Case studies of preservice teachers’ ideas about the role of multicultural citizenship education in social studies . 36(4), 356-390. 10.1080/00933104.2008.10473380

cited authors

  • Mathews, SA; Dilworth, PP

authors

abstract

  • In this article we examine preservice teachers' ideas about the role of multicultural citizenship education in social studies classrooms. We use qualitative techniques to explore data collected from observations and interviews with preservice teachers enrolled in a secondary social studies methods course. The findings suggest that even when teacher education programs are designed around goals of promoting multicultural citizenship education, preservice teachers' pre-existing and emerging ideas about social studies content and classrooms can limit their thinking and practice with transformative social studies pedagogy. © 2008 by the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies.

publication date

  • September 1, 2008

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start page

  • 356

end page

  • 390

volume

  • 36

issue

  • 4