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Abstract
Linguistically and culturally diverse students continue to increase in our nation's schools. Pre-service teachers need to examine their multicultural attitudes and become sensitive and knowledgeable about multicultural issues in the classroom and curriculum. Using a pre-post quantitative research design, we examined 144 pre-service teachers' multicultural attitudes during a teacher preparation course. Data analysis revealed the one-semester course did not make a significant difference in pre-service teachers' attitudes. The authors argue multicultural education implementation should occur throughout the longevity of the teacher education program. ...