Teacher Preparation

The Teacher Preparation Toolkit provides a repository of resources related to encouraging and inspiring future educators for equity and inclusion - important aspects of educator preparation. Resources can be filtered by category and media type.

Generally, these resources are available at no cost or through a subscription carried by CSU campus libraries.

  • White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

    This seminal conceptual article by Peggy McIntosh draws attention to a multitude of ways in which White individuals have societal advantages compared to individuals from diverse backgrounds.

    Content Areas: General
    Categories: Cultural Diversity
    Media Type: Article: Conceptual
    Submitted by: Calli Lewis Chiu  clewischiu@fullerton.edu

  • Who Me, Biased?

    A short 6-part clip series discussing biases created by PBS, POV and the NY Times. "What is implicit bias? NYT/POV's Saleem Reshamwala unscrews the lid on the unfair effects of our subconscious."

    Content Areas: General
    Categories: Anti-bias Education, Equity, Social Justice
    Media Type: Video
    Submitted by: Bre Evans-Santiago  bevans9@csub.edu

  • Why Urban Parents Resist Involvement in Their Children's Elementary Education

    This qualitative study investigates reasons why some families from diverse backgrounds are reluctant to become involved in their children's schools.

    Content Areas: General
    Categories: Cultural Diversity
    Media Type: Article: Research
    Submitted by: Calli Lewis Chiu  clewischiu@fullerton.edu

  • You Think You Know Ghetto? Contemporizing the Dove "Black IQ Test'

    This article discusses cultural bias in intellectual ability assessments. The article also contains an assessment with questions relating to African American culture that can be used to help illustrate how cultural differences may affect objective measurements of intelligence in tests.

    Content Areas: General
    Categories: Cultural Diversity
    Media Type: Article: Conceptual
    Submitted by: Calli Lewis Chiu  clewischiu@fullerton.edu

  • ¿Qué voces escuchas? Aproximación a la lectura de cuentos a través de los ojos de los héroes silenciosos

    La lectura de cuentos tiende a enfocarse en los personajes principales e ignorar a los personajes secundarios. Sin las voces de éstos la lectura se vuelve egocéntrica y unívoca. En este artículo proponemos un modelo de lectura periférica e inclusiva en la que maestros y estudiantes escuchan y analizan las voces de los héroes silenciosos. El objetivo de este método es mostrar a los niños que leer cuentos con ojos inclusivos es el primer paso para convertirse en representantes de la pluralidad del mundo y, de este modo, ayudar a romper las fronteras que existen en nuestra sociedad.

    Story reading tends to focus on the main characters and ignore secondary characters. Without the voices of secondary characters, reading becomes self-centered and univocal. In this article, we propose a model of peripheral reading in which teachers and students listen an analyze the voices of Howard Zinn calls Unsung Heroes. The goal of this model is to show children that reading stories with inclusive and critical eyes is the first step to become representatives of the plurality in which live in and the tool to break the walls that exist in our communities and across ideas.

    Content Areas: Language Arts
    Categories: Cultural Diversity, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Emergent Bilinguals/ ELS, Equity, Inclusive Practices, Language Diversity, Social Justice
    Media Type: Article: Conceptual