Cultural Diversity Training and the Preservice Teacher

Methods of training the preservice teacher are examined in an attempt to meet the educational needs of an increasingly diverse student composition. The practical solutions of Critical Literacy, Culturally Responsive Teachers, and Professional Action Groups are pondered to determine their possible effectiveness in the development of a teacher’s readiness to confront the challenges of a culturally diverse classroom environment. Each approach seeks to disrupt a teacher’s preexisting value system and replace it with one of greater scope. It is not a question as to the necessity of these approaches being utilized in the training of teachers, but in the higher educational systems actual implementation of these training applications.