Course Correction: Reimagining 21st Century Middle-Level Teacher Education Through a Critical, Antiracist Lens

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session 8
  In Roundtable Session: Educational Change in Support of Every Young Adolescent

Abstract

Collaborating in a collective self-study, we examined our middle grades teacher education instructional planning, resources, and practices with a lens toward coursework redesign. Holding a specific focus on 21st century competencies and using a critical, anti-racist lens, we sought to analyze and assess our instructional planning and frames, curricular resources, course assessments, and intended and accomplished learning outcomes toward the goal of the continuous improvement and design of learning experiences that support the work of “cultivating equitable education systems” (Nasir, et al., 2021) as it pertains to the middle grades teacher education space.

Authors

• Kristie W. Smith, Kennesaw State University

• Kristina Nicole Falbe, Illinois State University