ERIC Number: EJ1128604
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0316-1218
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A New Immigrant Experience of Navigating Multiculturalism and Indigenous Content in Teacher Education
Marom, Lilach
Canadian Journal of Higher Education, v46 n4 p23-40 2016
In this article, which is grounded in my own experiences, I discuss the responsibilities of new immigrant teacher educators when teaching courses related to diversity and multiculturalism in Canada. I highlight the complexities that underlie discourses of multiculturalism in teacher education, and the important role that new immigrant teacher educators have in locating themselves within the frame of settler colonialism in Canada. I argue that there is a need for genuine dialogue and critical reflexivity that encourage teacher educators and teacher candidates to locate themselves within a complex web of privileges and oppressions, and I explore possible new directions for teaching multiculturalism and Indigenous content in teacher education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Immigrants, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness, Ethnic Diversity, Indigenous Knowledge, Teacher Responsibility, Indigenous Populations, Knowledge Level, Misconceptions, Stereotypes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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