Justice and Equity in Teacher Education: Teacher Educators’ Perspectives, Practices, and Contexts (Poster 28)

• In Event: Saturday Poster Session 1:15 pm
  In Poster Session: Justice and Equity in Teacher Education

Abstract

Much rhetoric and multiple discourses exist around the concepts of justice in teacher preparation. Despite overall embrace, a common understanding of justice remains unclear. In this critical co-constructed autoethnography, we examine discourses taken up by teacher educators surrounding justice-oriented teacher preparation. Autoethnography provides a useful framework for analyzing our perspectives across institutional and sociopolitical climates. We come from five different states and different institution types. Findings highlight the importance of context, but the contextual differences we found were unexpected. For instance, we found that conservative policies seemed to galvanize teacher educators, motivating them to collaborate and subvert oppressive mandates. We conclude with implications for our own practice as well as a research plan to expand this inquiry.

Authors

• Rachel Roegman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• A. Lin Goodwin, Boston College

• Elyse Hambacher, University of Florida

• Andrew Pau Hoang, Hong Kong University

• Emilie Mitescu Reagan, Claremont Graduate University

• Jalea Turner, University of Florida

• Laura Vernikoff, Touro University

• Rachael Elizabeth McKinnon, Boston College