Five essential ideas or understandings that should underlie early childhood teacher
education programs are discussed conceptually. Inquiry and reflection into practice are …

Educating early childhood teachers to be able to individualize instruction and respond to
their students in ways that are equitable and culturally relevant is essential to good practice …

University-based teacher education program curricula vary widely across the United States,
yet some programs share a commitment to prepare preservice students from an explicitly …

The five authors of this article designed a multicase study to follow recent graduates of an
elementary preservice teacher education program into their beginning teaching placements …

All too often pre-service teachers are not well prepared to discuss issues of racism,
oppression and bias with their future students. Teacher educators can prepare their students …

The purpose of this essay is to stimulate consideration of the roles that teachers might play
in promoting social justice both with and for school-age youth. It is proposed that adopting …

Social justice has emerged as a major trend in teacher education due to increased diversity
and persistent inequality. While there is a compelling need for social justice teacher …

The educators in the teacher inquiry group examine how to teach for social justice and
support the development of student-empowering social justice themes in teachers' practice …

To better prepare teacher candidates to teach for social justice, teacher educators need to
know students' understandings of social justice embedded in their personal histories and …

This paper addresses education reform efforts, specifically the need to improve schooling by
improving the status, power, and working conditions of teachers through professional …