Contested Terms: Social Justice Teacher Educators' Work in California (Poster 20)

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Abstract

Drawing on a prior qualitative study of how justice-oriented teacher educators prepare teachers for social justice, this study examines how five California-based teacher educators’ perspectives converge with, diverge from, and expand upon the equity and social justice commitments articulated in their institutions’ program documents. Guided by Cochran-Smith and Keefe’s Strong Equity Framework, findings highlight how participants’ negotiation of contested equity and social justice concepts aligns with, and at times diverges from, their program’s equity commitments, revealing the complexity of actualizing strong equity within teacher education in California and beyond.

Author

• Mayeen Quader, University of California - Riverside