USC Upstate: A Journey Toward Improving a Learning Disability Teacher Preparation Program to Meet the Diverse Needs of Today’s Classrooms
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Originally Published In
Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning
Volume Number
2
Issue Number
3
Page Numbers
131-144
Abstract
Areas of our country are headed toward significant social and political unrest if education ignores the demographic trends reshaping our schools. This article describes how one teacher training program in South Carolina examined its cultural context, accreditation standards, and course offerings to restructure its curriculum to address cultural and linguistic diversity.