Teacher educators' reflections on moments in a secondary teacher education course: Thinking forward by challenging our teaching practices

Debra M. Freedman, Patricia L. Bullock, Genevieve S. Duque

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Abstract

In this paper the authors explore two pedagogical moments that occurred within a diversity-focused secondary teacher education course, giving specific attention to Genevieve's and Debra's reflections as course instructors. We explore the ways in which instructors find themselves challenged, engaged and provoked to rethink taken for granted ideas and beliefs about their pedagogies as teacher educators. We conclude the paper by 'thinking forward': challenging teacher educators to be responsible and to be vulnerable with respect to their own teaching stances and to take the time to critically examine their own lived experiences in order to connect with their students' emergent understandings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)591-602
Number of pages12
JournalTeachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice
Volume11
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Diversity-focused curriculum
  • Reflections
  • Secondary teacher education
  • Teacher educators

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