Cultural and linguistic diversity is a norm in today's classrooms and teachers and educators can in such a scenario play a positive role in creating an environment that is free from any kind of biases. Dona Ford, highlighting the importance of acknowledging the cultural diversity in classrooms focuses on the issue of stereotyping. It is believed that through their practices teacher educators can play a significant part in discouraging stereotyping and biases on the basis of racial, cultural and linguistic differences. For this to accomplish, it is essential that teacher educators ...