Embracing Advocacy: How Visible Minority and Dominant Group Beginning Teachers Take Up Issues of Equity
This paper is from a four-year research project that followed graduates of a teacher education program from teacher certification through their first three years of teaching. It focuses on participants' narratives about their advocacy efforts in both their pre-service practicum placements and t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brock University
2011-05-01
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| Series: | Brock Education: a Journal of Educational Research and Practice |
| Online Access: | http://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/brocked/home/article/view/170 |
| Summary: | This paper is from a four-year research project that followed graduates of a teacher education program from teacher certification through their first three years of teaching. It focuses on participants' narratives about their advocacy efforts in both their pre-service practicum placements and their first year as probationary teachers. Our findings indicate that while dominant group white participants chose to advocate from a position of personal conviction (often based on new knowledge of equity issues), the visible minority participants were often summoned by others to advocate. The paper concludes with a discussion about how teacher education might better address advocacy issues, alongside the focus on equity issues.<br /><br /> |
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| ISSN: | 1183-1189 1183-1189 |