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My work with African American teachers in CULTURES has led me to conclude that these teachers’ views of their roles are based on unique cultural and historical perspectives. African American teachers look introspectively at how their ethnic identity, classroom practices, and their beliefs are related to the achievement of their African American students. The African American teachers in CULTURES often talked about how their own cultural notions of teaching guided them in their practice. These cultural views were often different from what they had been taught in their teacher preparation programs. In fact, some of these teachers had to “unlearn” and modify what they have been taught in the academy in order to address the specific learning needs of their African American students.
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Irvine, J.J. (2002). African American Teachers’ Culturally Specific Pedagogy. In: Irvine, J.J. (eds) In Search of Wholeness. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230107182_8
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