Teacher Training to Meet the Needs of an Increasingly Diverse ...

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Abstract

This paper will address how to train teachers to meet the needs of a diverse and changing Midwestern school population. What skills and dispositions do teachers of the future need to be effective? How realistic is it to expect teachers to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse school population? What strategies are effective and required if education majors have a limited personal experience of diversity? Specific reference will be made to how diversity in the classroom impacts on teacher training in a small liberal arts college in Iowa. Statistical sources will include data documented by The State of Iowa.