Abstract
Working with pre-service teachers, I have found they were apprehensive about social justice education issues. However, many of them wanted to be placed in schools with challenges related to diversity and inequity for student teaching. Therefore, I challenged one course for one semester by having them reflect and respond to real-life case studies. While I received some differences in responses, most of them were in agreement on solutions. Pre-service teachers saw how the cases might relate to similar incidents they might someday face. They stated the long-term effects that might occur with their students if the incidents were continuous.
Presenters
Ronda GrayClinical Associate Professor/Director of Prairie Area Teaching Initiative, School of Education, University of Illinois at Springfield, Illinois, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Theme
Learner Diversity and Identities
KEYWORDS
Diversity, Social Justice Education, Ethnicity, Culture, Learning Environment, Pre-Service Teachers
