ERIC Number: EJ1251359
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Publication Date: 2020
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Striving for Critical Reflection in Multicultural and Social Justice Teacher Education: Introducing a Typology of Reflection Approaches
Gorski, Paul C.; Dalton, Kelly
Journal of Teacher Education, v71 n3 p357-368 May-Jun 2020
Multicultural and social justice teacher education (MSJTE) scholars often have argued the importance of critical reflection in the cultivation of equity and social justice minded educators. In this critical content analysis study, we used existing conceptualizations of critical reflection to analyze reflection assignments from MSJTE courses in education degree and licensing programs in the United States to identify the nature of critical reflection incorporated into them and what distinguished critical reflection opportunities from other reflective assignments. Based on this analysis, we offer the beginnings of a typology of five approaches to reflection in multicultural and social justice education courses: (a) amorphous "cultural" reflection, (b) personal identity reflection, (c) cultural competence reflection, (d) equitable and just school reflection, and (e) social transformation reflection. We describe the characteristics of each and the role they might play in MSJTE contexts.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Social Justice, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Critical Theory, Reflection, Self Concept, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Equal Education, Social Change, Course Evaluation, Assignments, Metacognition
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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