Working Toward Equitable Science Education: Testimonios of Teacher-Scholars Engaged in Course-Embedded Equity Work

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Thirteen
  In Roundtable Session: Teacher Activism and Testimonios: Transformative Journeys Toward Equity (Table 3)

Abstract

As classroom populations become more diverse, teaching populations, including our institution’s own, are overwhelmingly White and female. Simultaneously, we prepare teacher candidates (TCs) at the same university to teach science equitably to diverse students. In this study, we consider how who we are and who we hope to be are implicated in our course-based equity work. Specifically, we used testimonios to explore connections and influences among our personal histories, our course-based equity work, and professional development.

Authors

• Joi DeShawn Merritt, James Madison University
  Presenting Author

• Angela W. Webb, James Madison University
  Presenting Author