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What is Systematic Bias

Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education
Similar to institutional bias, these are practices embedded in the everyday workings of a system or institution that create or support disadvantageous outcomes for students from minority backgrounds.
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Minority Students in Teacher Education: Diversifying America’s K-12 Teaching Force
K. L. DeSutter (Minnesota State University – Moorhead, USA)
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4249-2.ch029
Abstract
Educating a diverse population in America’s K-12 schools continues to receive attention in the media and professional literature. Consequently, professionals within university teacher preparation programs are making continual attempts to find ways to attract students from diverse backgrounds. Yet, these attempts have not provided the needed solution to diversifying America’s K-12 teaching force. This chapter summarizes current literature regarding the lack of minority students in teacher preparation programs across the United States. The chapter explores both institutional level and societal level challenges related to attracting minority students into teacher preparation programs. Current recruitment and retention systems are explored along with discussion of other factors that pose challenges such as stereotypes, systematic biases, and competing professional opportunities. The chapter ends with a discussion related to potential solutions at both the institutional and societal level.
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