Co-Teaching Relationships From a Care Ethics Perspective

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 38
  In Roundtable Session: Exploring the Moral Work of Teaching and Teacher Education

Abstract

This study leveraged the implementation of co-teaching as a relational model for the teacher training practicum. When analyzed with the theoretical framework of an ethic of care, teacher-candidates and their mentor-teachers developed caring relationships through facing differential power dynamics in order to engross themselves in each other’s perspectives. This study informs teacher preparation for caring by articulating key processes in cultivating caring teacher relationships.

Authors

• Colette Rabin, San José State University

• Grinell Smith, San José State University