Publication Date
3-2020
Abstract
Teacher educators must prepare preservice teachers (PSTs) to become equitable practitioners who honor the voices and experiences of their future students. In this article, we advocate for centering equitable teaching in literacy education courses and making explicit how to disrupt traditional perspectives of teaching diverse students. This qualitative study investigated PSTs’ perceptions and attitudes about teaching diverse students after a series of modeled lessons. Analysis revealed that over the course of the semester PSTs either continued to focus on barriers related to equitable teaching, began to discuss new possibilities for teaching, or were ready to enact the practices they had learned. This study revealed the importance of moving PSTs beyond surface-level teaching to affirming and inclusive practices.
Recommended Citation
Ticknor, A. S., Overstreet, M., & Howard, C. M. (2020). Disruptive Teaching: Centering Equity and Diversity in Literacy Pedagogical Practices. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 59 (1). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol59/iss1/2
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