Best Practices in Teacher Preparation for Urban Schools: Lessons from the Multicultural Teacher Education Literature

This author presents a review of the teacher education preservice research literature on multicultural education. The purpose of the review was to discover “best practice” for preparing teachers to teach urban students. Forty-four studies were analyzed for their attention to race, class or gender issues. The review includes studies of workshops, courses, programs, practica, and field experiences. Also, included is a discussion of the research literature on cooperating teachers and university supervisor. Accompanying the review of the studies is a multicultural analysis based upon Sleeter and Grant's five approaches to multicultural education. Five “best practices” are identified and discussed.