45.010 - Performance in Teacher Education

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

Drawing upon recent research on the centrality of practice in teacher education, the traditions of performance ethnography, and arts-based approaches to qualitative inquiry, this course introduces the theoretical grounding and practical applications of crafting and engaging with performative texts in teacher education. Specifically, the course illustrates how alternative representations, such as performative texts, can be used to invite pre- and in-service educators to embody, voice, and imagine the perspective of different characters, values, and perspectives related to institutionalized practices that generate and sustain (in)equities in educational settings. The course will include mini-lectures around the theories, methods that undergird performance ethnography, as well as hands-on opportunities to craft a performative text and engage in re-performing a text.

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Instructors

• Jessica Nina Lester, Indiana University

• Rachael Gabriel, University of Connecticut