Culture in the classroom: Developing teacher proficiency in delivering a culturally-grounded prevention curriculum

Mary L. Harthun; Patricia A. Dustman; Leslie Jumper Reeves; Michael L. Hecht; Flavio Marsiglia

doi:10.1007/s10935-008-0150-z

Culture in the classroom: Developing teacher proficiency in delivering a culturally-grounded prevention curriculum

Mary L. Harthun, Patricia A. Dustman, Leslie Jumper Reeves, Michael L. Hecht, Flavio Marsiglia

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Abstract

The authors describe the training model used to develop proficiency in teaching a culturally-grounded prevention curriculum. Teachers believed it vital to discuss substance use and considered culture and ethnicity central to students' lives, although few had experience teaching prevention curricula. Training effects were evaluated using three datasets. Analyses showed that training should emphasize teaching adult learners; encompass culture from many perspectives; address the teaching of prevention curricula, and emphasize fidelity as imperative. Trainers found the embedded focus on culture in keepin' it REAL essential to success. Teachers learned that a prevention curriculum can be instructionally engaging while theory-driven and academically rigorous.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	435-454
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Primary Prevention
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-008-0150-z
State	Published - Sep 2008

Keywords

Culturally grounded instruction
Culturally grounded training
Drug prevention curriculum
Fidelity
Teacher development

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Harthun, M. L., Dustman, P. A., Reeves, L. J., Hecht, M. L., & Marsiglia, F. (2008). Culture in the classroom: Developing teacher proficiency in delivering a culturally-grounded prevention curriculum. Journal of Primary Prevention, 29(5), 435-454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-008-0150-z

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