Creating Healthy Urban Teacher Education Ecologies: The Case of STEM Power

• In Event: STEM Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Examining the Role of Social Context, Dispositions, and Innovative Practice

Abstract

We push on the concept of coherence in urban teacher education programs by introducing the framework of healthy ecologies of urban teacher education. Using mixed methods analysis of program documents and participants’ survey responses and reflections, we assess a series of interventions designed to bolster our ecology. These interventions focused on reorienting the program curriculum, particularly in terms of anti-racism and social justice content, and strengthening synergies in its implementation and enactment across multiple roles and contexts.

Authors

• Pia I. Wong, California State University - Sacramento

• Susan M. Baker, California State University - Sacramento

• Corinne Lardy, California State University - Sacramento

• Ravin Pan, California State University - Sacramento

• Juan Bueno Holle, California State University - Sacramento