Co-Creating an Equity-Oriented, Discursive Space Within a Hybrid Rural and Remote Teacher Education Program

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  In Roundtable Session: Creating Equity-Oriented and Inclusive Teacher Education Programs (Table 35)

Abstract

In this study, BIPOC and white university faculty, graduate students, Indigenous educators, and teacher candidates worked together to co-create principles and practices within a new hybrid rural and remote teacher education program. Teacher candidates from equity-deserving communities (Indigenous; disabled; racialized, sexual orientation and gender identity) took part in the affinity circles with faculty, graduate students and teachers who identify as members of these communities, then these teacher candidates participated in sharing circles with the entire cohort (n = 25) to generate design principles and strategies to apply them to courses across the rural/remote Bachelor of Education Program. Here we present four themes as well as sub-themes and related strategies identified through analysis of teacher candidates sharing circle responses.

Authors

• Terry Taylor, University of British Columbia

• Leyton Schnellert, University of British Columbia

• Nina Pak Lui, University of British Columbia

• Jamilee Baroud, University of British Columbia