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Transformative Practices in Teacher Education: Lessons from the U.S. and China

Wed, April 8, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (9:45 to 11:15am PDT), JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 2nd Floor, Platinum C

Session Type: Symposium

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This symposium presents five teacher education projects from the U.S. and China that challenge structural inequities through transformative approaches. Moving beyond incremental reforms, the sessions employ a multi-theoretical framework (critical pedagogy, critical theories, community-based pedagogies) to reimagine teacher education as sites of systemic change. Papers examine bottom-up curricular reforms in China’s free teacher education programs; Detroit’s alternative STEM teacher pathway; community-focused teacher preparation for Detroit schools; Chinese teachers’ reflective writing as practical knowledge production; and teacher-archivist-community collaborations using archives for justice-oriented pedagogy. Together, they demonstrate how centering teacher knowledge, local partnerships, and culturally sustaining practices can disrupt dominant paradigms in diverse contexts. The session highlights comparative insights and actionable strategies to reposition teacher education as sites for transformative praxis.

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