Beyond Access to Teacher Education: Equity Challenges in Pre-College Teacher Recruitment Programs

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Abstract

Pipeline programs have been implemented to attract high school students from marginalized communities into teacher education. This multiple case study investigates three Chilean pipeline programs, exploring how their curriculum fosters equity and what students learn about equity teaching. Document and interview analysis shows all programs have a strong redistributive equity approach providing access and multidimensional support to their students to enter and navigate TE. Two cases promote conceptions that reframe teaching by either focusing on well-being or a critical perspective, with one of them also assuming a recognition stance incorporating local communities into the curriculum. The third adds a representation stance, promoting students’ voices. Findings help policymakers and universities to develop frameworks and activities that advance toward strong equity-oriented teachers.

Authors

• Maria Beatriz Fernandez Cofre, Universidad de Chile

• Catalina Cuenca, Universidad Alberto Hurtado

• Martín Navarro, Universidad de Chile