Download or read book Teacher Education, Diversity, and Community Engagement in Liberal Arts Colleges written by Lucy W. Mule and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher Education, Diversity, and Community Engagement in Liberal Arts Colleges examines issues related to preparing new teachers to work in multicultural schools. This book emphasizes the transformational power of community engagement to teacher education in small liberal arts colleges. Lucy W. Mule carefully considers relevant literature and reflects on real-world practice. Her work underscores how a community-engaged approach to teacher education, emphasizing deep relationships with culturally diverse communities, community-based pedagogy, and a consideration of institutional contexts, can have a profound and lasting impact on teaching and learning. Teacher educators, preservice teachers, and policy-makers will find Teacher Education, Diversity, and Community Engagement in Liberal Arts Colleges an excellent resource guide for purposeful change and transformation. Book jacket.