Diversifying Teacher Education

• In Event: Saturday Roundtable 7:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Creating Equity-Oriented and Inclusive Teacher Education Programs (Table 35)

Abstract

Background: Despite ongoing calls to diversity teacher education programs, they continue to struggle with inclusivity. Objective: The current study goal is to understand the contextual factors that prevent racially marginalized students from applying to a teacher education program at a major Canadian university and specifically, how some of these barriers can be mitigated. Methods: 8 administrators involved in a B.Ed program, 12 students/alumni in a B.Ed program were interviewed. Results: Qualitative results show that greater attention should be focused on recruitment practices, curriculum changes, and creating an inclusive and welcoming environments. Discussion: Study findings will help researchers and educators to learn about steps that can be taken to broaden the reach of education programs to engage racialized teacher candidates.

Authors

• Surita Jhangiani, University of British Columbia

• Johanna Sam, University of British Columbia

• Adishi Gupta, University of British Columbia