Preparation of student teachers for multicultural classrooms: reflections on the Danish teacher education curriculum

TY - JOUR

T1 - Preparation of student teachers for multicultural classrooms

T2 - reflections on the Danish teacher education curriculum

AU - Petersen, Karen Bjerg

PY - 2017/8/1

Y1 - 2017/8/1

N2 - : Most European Union countries and members of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are facing increasing learner diversity in schools and are accommodating increasing numbers of children from ethnic minority and/or migrant backgrounds. International surveys from OECD indicate that teachers are in need of professional training to better prepare them for working in multicultural and multilingual classroom settings. The aim of this article is to briefly investigate how curriculum in the 2013 reform of Danish teacher education suggests that student teachers address classroom diversity.

AB - : Most European Union countries and members of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are facing increasing learner diversity in schools and are accommodating increasing numbers of children from ethnic minority and/or migrant backgrounds. International surveys from OECD indicate that teachers are in need of professional training to better prepare them for working in multicultural and multilingual classroom settings. The aim of this article is to briefly investigate how curriculum in the 2013 reform of Danish teacher education suggests that student teachers address classroom diversity.

KW - Videregående uddannelse

KW - Læreruddannelse

KW - Etnicitet

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1029-5968

VL - 21

SP - 45

EP - 54

JO - Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education

JF - Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education

IS - 1

M1 - 1

ER -