Contents
Preface: Love and Teaching ?ix
Acknowledgments ?xi
Introduction: What?s Love Got to Do With It? ?1
1. ?Teacher Education and Diversity: Information vs. Transformation ?7
History of Diversity and Racial Equity in Teacher Education ?7
Access to Higher Education for Students of Color Interested in Teaching ?11
?The Overwhelming Presence of Whiteness? in Teacher Education Programs ?12
Lack of Program Coherence ?16
High Stakes Entry and Certification Exams ?18
Recruitment and Retention of Teachers of Color in Hard-to-Staff Schools ?19
2. ??A Story to Tell?: Who Are Minority Serving Institution Teacher Educators and Teacher Candidates? ?21
Tulia ?23
Jeanne ?25
Rafael ?26
Alba, Camila, and Elmira ?28
Cortez ?30
Dean ?32
Kim ?33
Seth ?35
3. ?Changing the Narrative: What Does Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Look Like in Action? ?38
What Is Culturally Relevant Pedagogy? ?40
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and MSIs ?42
A Place of Hope and Healing: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy at Stone Child College ?44
Every Step Forward Sea Con Paso Firme: Stories and Images of Teaching in California?s Central Valley ?49
?You Can?t Sit Behind a Desk?: Visibility and Black Role Models at Jackson State University ?53
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy as Community Analysis ?58
4. ??Belonging?: Faculty Support and Cohort Models in MSI Teacher Education Programs ?62
Like Family ?63
?Not Just a Number?: Personalized and Holistic Faculty Care ?64
Peer Leadership and Support: MSI Cohort Models ?67
My Brother?s Keeper: Cohorts and Call Me MISTER at Jackson State University ?69
?They Were Us?: Cohorts and the Mini Corps Program at California State University, Fresno ?73
5. ??Homegrown?: Teacher Residencies and University?School Partnerships ?77
So, What?s Wrong With Student Teaching? ?80
?We Were There from the Beginning?: California State University, Fresno?s Rural Residency Program ?84
?Their Time in the Classroom Is Just as Important as Mine?: New Mexico State University?s Blocks Program ?88
6. ?Where Wisdom Sits: Teacher Preparation and Community Engagement ?93
Home Visits ?94
Community Service ?96
Parental Education ?97
Field Trips ?98
Inquiry, Action Research, and Advocacy ?100
7. ?A Call to Action ?105
Diversify the Teaching Profession ?105
Integrate Culturally Relevant Pedagogy ?105
Expand Student Teaching and Clinical Practice ?106
Recruit Former K?12 Teachers to the Faculty ?107
Promote Cohort Models ?107
Provide Wraparound Candidate Support ?107
Foster Community Engagement ?108
Respect the Teaching Profession ?108
Communicate Messages of Success ?108
Consider the Importance of Love ?109
Final Thoughts ?111
Appendix A: The Study ?113
Notes ?117
References ?119
Index ?127
About the Authors ?131