Navigating Social Justice Teaching in a "Post-Truth" Era: Narratives From Novice Teachers

• In Event: 47.053 - Working Toward Social Justice in a Post-Truth World: Innovative Practices in Teacher World

Abstract

Social justice teaching is a controversial aspect of teacher education for a long time. This research examines how novice teachers graduated from different teacher preparation programs with a social justice agenda understood the concept of social justice teaching and the factors influenced their practice. According to the data, this research found out that teachers have similar understandings of teaching for social justice across programs while their preparations for teaching for social justice were varied. We argued that there should be a more focus on the different messages delivered across programs and implications for how to prepare teachers for practicing social justice teaching.

Author

• Weijia Wang, University of Washington - Seattle