Confronting Issues of Diversity in Teacher Preparation Through a Radical Field Experience

• In Event: Roundtable Session 23
  In Roundtable Session: Preparing Teachers for Today’s Classroom

Abstract

This study discusses the outcomes of providing pre-service secondary teachers with an authentic clinical experience in a school where the student population is largely comprised of sexually, racially/ethnically, and economically under-represented groups. Furthermore, this school aims to meet the needs of these students through non-traditional philosophies. This study demonstrates these intersections in that the immersion experience took place in a school whose mission is to address many facets of social injustice in one place to foster a sense of family within the walls of the school, while promoting a concept of responsibility and caring for the outside community.

Authors

• Paul Chamness Miller, Akita International University

• Erin A. Mikulec, Illinois State University