ERIC Number: EJ1084806
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 17
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Meeting in the Circle: Examining Identity, Attitudes, and Pedagogy in the Context of an Early Childhood Teacher Education Program in the United States
DeVore, Simone; Fox, Robin; Heimer, Lucy; Winchell, Brooke
Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, v35 n4 p394-410 2015
As a team of teacher educators at a university in the United States, we engage in participatory action research to reflect on how reflective tools which we design engage teacher candidates (TCs) in their reflecting on teaching. In this paper, we describe how we invite TCs to write in-class reflections, respond to self-assessment probes, and practice problem-solving processes. We critically analyze our approaches and identify further intentional approaches to promote university students' understandings of (1) links between the self and working with children and families and (2) connections between attitudes and pedagogy towards social justice and inclusion. We conclude that we must continue to explore how the teaching practices we use affect students' understandings of social justice in education. Doing so demands our focus on examining attitudes through self-reflection among and between faculty and university students so that identity, relationships, attitudes, inclusion, and social justice are prioritized as pillars of curriculum in early childhood education at all levels of schooling.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Participatory Research, Action Research, Reflective Teaching, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Problem Solving, Learning Activities, Student Teacher Attitudes, Social Justice, Inclusion, Educational Practices, Professional Identity, Preschool Education, Critical Incidents Method, Data Analysis, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
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