Advocacy Takes Courage and Courage Takes Practice: Teacher Candidates Learning by Listening to Multilingual Youth

• In Event: Teacher Education for Agency, Leadership, and Activism

Abstract

Preparing teacher candidates (TCs) to become champions for equity is imperative to foster inclusive and supportive learning--especially for the most vulnerable. Motivated by the tenets of Critical Pedagogy and Ethnic Studies, we explore how a course project created opportunities for TCs to practice advocacy and equity by doing advocacy and equity—starting with the voices of young people. We report how candidates used youth voices to name a problem, act collectively, and inform their notions of equity. The project is an example of the learning that can occur when teacher education projects tap into the cultural wealth brought by scholarship, community partners, TCs, and the contributions of youth.

Authors

• Orlando Leonel Carreon, University of California - Davis

• Leslie C. Banes, Sacramento State University

• Rebecca Ambrose, University of California - Davis

• Matt Wallace, University of California - Davis