ABSTRACT
Th e preparation of teachers, especially as they get ready to teach social studies and be responsive multicultural educators in our schools and colleges, is crucial not only to the project of good education, but even more broadly, to the cultivation of healthy democracy and the growth of the nation’s citizens. Across the United States and Canada, many teacher educators and university instructional leaders have taken this truism to heart and have developed highly eff ective and thoughtful teaching, refi ned and chiseled through years of opportunities to review their goals and assumptions in light of teaching practices. Exemplary teachers oft en share ideas with colleagues at their own schools and earnestly discuss visions and values. It is also common for colleagues to share an assignment and off er an encouraging “Hey, this is a great lesson!” with colleagues in other classrooms, schools, or universities. Yet the context for such sharing is usually informal and its scope has been quite limited before this book came to be. While everyone is not equally thoughtful, nor does everything well-nor does the same things well-collectively we have immense wisdom, which is showcased in this book.
