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ERIC Number: EJ1281652
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1536-3031
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Creating Community from a Physical Distance: Insights and Reflections from a Bilingual Teacher Educator
Soto-Peña, Michelle
Issues in Teacher Education, v29 n1-2 p65-74 Fall 2020
Education is an act of love. One may argue however, that because it is such a personal act, it is difficult and nearly impossible to achieve it in an authentic manner beyond the face-to-face interaction of teacher and student. Yet, we now live in a time in which education has been transmitted to a virtual platform. This paper highlights how I navigated the virtual world as a bilingual teacher educator to create community and connection among bilingual teacher candidates (BTCs) as Covid-19 changed the course of life and instruction. I begin by discussing the challenges faced when reimagining how virtual education can serve as a tool to authentically foster critical inquiry, praxis, and transformative education processes for multilingual learners. I then discuss how I utilized Freirean pedagogy as my moral and pedagogical compass to implement a four-phase approach to foster a transformative virtual environment: cultivating online social equality; promoting self-care to protect mental health; engaging in inward connections for learning; and writing the personal as political. Through this process, BTCs cultivated a transformative community built on self-reflection, trust, and shared vulnerabilities.
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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: California
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