The multicultural fair: A celebration of diversity an innovative approach to teacher education

Students in a teacher education program developed and participated in The Multicultural Fair, an innovative approach to instruction. Students selected topics in diversity awareness, collaborated with peers, and created resource handouts and constructed interactive displays. This paper describes the need for alternative approaches to teacher education and the evolution of a project that culminated in celebration of diversity and children's literature Students' written vignettes revealed perceived outcomes of their experience with this alternative approach. These include growing awareness of issues of diversity, gaining knowledge of teaching resources, working in a community of learners, and anticipating classroom applications of teaching ideas.