ERIC Number: EJ1142315
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jan
Pages: 9
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Teaching Pre-Service Teachers about Belonging
Gillies, Ann
International Journal of Whole Schooling, v13 n1 spec iss p17-25 Jan 2017
This article describes how a Teacher Educator teaches her university students (pre-service teachers) about belonging; how it feels to belong to a group, why they need to spend their time and energy during the school day working to make K-12 students feel that they belong, what belonging looks like, and how to make it happen in the pre-service teachers' future classrooms with their future K-12 students. The Teacher Educator attempts to accomplish this preparation through daily community-building and inclusive activities in the university classroom, written reflections about belonging, and taking university students out into the local K-12 schools to see what belonging actually looks like. Included in this article are direct quotes from pre-service teachers that illustrate their learning, value of, and future planning for belonging.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Group Unity, Sense of Community, Teaching Methods, College Students, Teacher Educators, Inclusion, Holistic Approach, Writing Assignments, Reflection, Field Trips, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Caring
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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