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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Action in Teacher Education, 2020
Consistent with the anniversary theme of this special issue of ATE, this article offers an overview of 40 years of advocacy for social justice- and equity-centered teacher preparation through three extended examples from the author's own work. Arranged chronologically and shaped by differing policy and political landscapes, the examples represent…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Social Justice, Equal Education, Advocacy
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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Action in Teacher Education, 2012
In this article about her early career development and the experiences that shaped her life as a scholar and researcher, the author describes the work lives of university-based teacher educators and what it means to compose a research life in this field. This article draws on the author's 30 years as a university-based teacher educator. In it, she…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Career Development, Teaching Conditions
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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn; Barnatt, Joan; Friedman, Audrey; Pine, Gerald – Action in Teacher Education, 2009
In many teacher education programs, some form of inquiry or practitioner research is now included in the preservice teacher education curriculum. The intention is to help teacher candidates become professionals who are lifelong learners who raise questions and research their practice across the professional career. At the same time, teacher…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies
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Zollers, Nancy J.; Albert, Lillie R.; Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Action in Teacher Education, 2000
Shares a longitudinal conversation among faculty over the meaning of social justice, investigating individual understandings of its meaning and finding commonalities necessary to teach for social justice. Participants unanimously supported teaching for social justice, but their definitions ranged along a continuum of beliefs. The study identified…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education