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Research paper thumbnail of Urban Teachers Program: Culturally Responsive Middle School Teachers Describe Their Competencies

The purpose of this study was to document ways that Urban Teachers’ candidates enact culturally r... more The purpose of this study was to document ways that Urban Teachers’ candidates enact culturally responsive teaching practices in an effort to combat the opportunity gaps in education and increase students’ achievement rate. This study focused on documenting responses to the questions: How do Urban Teachers enact culturally responsive teaching practices in their classrooms? How do teachers in the Urban Teachers program describe overcoming perceived barriers to implementing culturally responsive teaching in an urban school district? The problem of the study was a lack of evaluation of culturally responsive teaching (CRT) practices of those Urban Teachers once they entered the classroom. Teachers’ responses were described within the Culturally Responsive Teaching framework authored by Muniz and the organization New America. The research was conducted as a pilot case study. There were five participants who volunteered. Out of those five participants, three also completed both surveys an...

Research paper thumbnail of Urban Teachers Program: Culturally Responsive Middle School Teachers Describe Their Competencies

The purpose of this study was to document ways that Urban Teachers’ candidates enact culturally r... more The purpose of this study was to document ways that Urban Teachers’ candidates enact culturally responsive teaching practices in an effort to combat the opportunity gaps in education and increase students’ achievement rate. This study focused on documenting responses to the questions: How do Urban Teachers enact culturally responsive teaching practices in their classrooms? How do teachers in the Urban Teachers program describe overcoming perceived barriers to implementing culturally responsive teaching in an urban school district? The problem of the study was a lack of evaluation of culturally responsive teaching (CRT) practices of those Urban Teachers once they entered the classroom. Teachers’ responses were described within the Culturally Responsive Teaching framework authored by Muniz and the organization New America. The research was conducted as a pilot case study. There were five participants who volunteered. Out of those five participants, three also completed both surveys an...

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