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Using Self-Love to Liberate Teacher Education Programs: An Autoethnography of Returning Home

Sun, April 24, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT (2:30 to 4:00pm PDT), San Diego Convention Center, Floor: Upper Level, Room 11A

Abstract

Much of the literature on how teacher education programs (TEPs) promote social justice centers on teacher candidates’ coursework and field placement, with little attention on the role of teacher educators. Despite Cochran-Smith’s (2003) call over a decade ago, for more systematic research on what teacher educators need to know in order to develop justice-minded candidates, little work has been done in this area. The proposed study extends the paucity of literature by examining how self-love among teacher educators can be used as a practical and political tool to develop justice-oriented teacher candidates.

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