Diversity skills for future teachers: how transformative learning prepares pre-service teachers for diversity in Austrian schools

Resch, Katharina

doi:10.1108/heswbl-05-2022-0096

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“…Similarly, Snyder (2008) concluded that transformative learning helps students gain the value of respect by directing them to rational thinking. At the end of his study with preservice teachers, Resch (2022) found that transformative learning theory provided pre-service teachers with the values of respect and tolerance. Brown (2005) investigated the effect of transformative learning on administrators' beliefs and concluded that transformative learning provides administrators with the value of respect.…”

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Sosyal Bilgiler Dersinde Dönüşümsel Öğrenme Kuramının Öğrencilerin Çatışma Çözme Becerisine Etkisi

BAYRAM

2023

Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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In this study, it was aimed to examine the impact of transformative learning theory on students' conflict resolution skill in social studies course. Embedded design, one of the mixed research methods, was used in the study. The participant group was formed by multi-stage mixed sampling method. The participant group included a social studies teacher and 51 students in the 5th grade. Conflict resolution skill scale, two semi-structured interview forms and unstructured observation were used to collect the data. Independent sample t-test and covariance analysis were used to analyse the statistical data, while content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data. At the end of the study, it was found that transformative learning theory increased students' conflict resolution skills. The results also revealed that social studies courses conducted with transformative learning theory were seen by the participants as processes that confuse students' minds, surprise them, make them doubt, lead them to questioning and multidimensional thinking. It was also found that the participants thought that the courses provided students with various knowledge and values, encouraged them to research, analyse and synthesize, and act in a controlled manner. Depending on the results obtained, recommendations for education planners and researchers were developed.

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Sosyal Bilgiler Dersinde Dönüşümsel Öğrenme Kuramının Öğrencilerin Çatışma Çözme Becerisine Etkisi

BAYRAM

2023

Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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“…Preservice teachers already feel inadequately prepared or trained to approach diversity within their classrooms (Resch, 2022), and many white preservice teachers leave their programs with an inability to imagine equitable spaces for their Black students (Toliver and Hadley, 2021). This has led to a history and present-day reality of anti-Black educational spaces, curriculums and practices that center whiteness and dehumanize Black children who often experience violence within educational spaces (Shange, 2019; Smith-Purviance, 2021).…”

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We need bigger mirrors: the importance of fat fiction for young readers

Foos

2024

ETPC

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate how narrative is constructed to create connections with fat readers, how books function to envision spaces of fat liberation for young readers and to highlight the incredible importance of providing bigger mirrors (Bishop, 1990) for fat representation in children’s literature. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyzes and reflects on two texts that contain counternarratives of fatness: The (Other) F Word: A celebration of the fat and fierce edited by Angie Manfredi (2019) and Big by Vashti Harrison (2023) to interrogate how these two narratives intentionally disrupt anti-fat bias. Findings Body size and fatness are identities that need to be included in diversity efforts within education. Books like The (Other) F Word: A celebration of the fat and fierce (Manfredi, 2019) and Big (Harrison, 2023) offer positive representations of fatness, disrupt biases around body size and provide spaces that allow fat students to find joy, hope, connection and, more than anything, imagine a way toward liberation. Research limitations/implications This paper highlights the need to include more narratives of positive fat representation within children’s literature and calls for educators to interrogate their own anti-fat biases and practices. Originality/value There is a lack of research on fat representation specifically within children and young adult literature. This paper provides an analysis of two pieces of literature with fat representation that brings attention to the need for this type of future research.

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The educator’s role in democratic and multicultural societies: student perceptions at a teacher training college in Israel

Hisherik,

Paul-Binyamin

2024

JME

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Purpose Educators are recognized as key agents of social change, responsible for shaping future citizens. Beyond imparting knowledge, teachers are crucial in addressing societal challenges such as sustainability, democracy and social equality. This study aims to investigate the attitudes of Jewish and Arab students toward democratic values and how they perceive their role as educators in a multicultural society. Design/methodology/approach This study explores the attitudes of majority and minority group students in an Israeli teacher training college towards realizing democratic values and promoting shared citizenship. The sample included 382 Jewish and Arab students, who answered a questionnaire about attitudes regarding education for democracy and shared society, and their perception of their role in promoting this education. Findings The investigation delves into students’ civic perceptions, shedding light on the moderate and pluralistic stances held by both Jewish and Arab students. They advocate for cross-cultural exposure and interaction, with Jewish students demonstrating slightly more moderate views than the prevailing norms in Israeli society. Interestingly, Jewish students exhibited a willingness to engage in discussions on conflictual topics, whereas Arab students tended to avoid them. Social implications This study underscores the potential of teacher training colleges in shaping the upcoming generation of educators as advocates of tolerance, and democracy, and promoters of a shared society. Originality/value This research gains heightened relevance in a contemporary landscape where numerous nations, especially those comprising diverse cultures, grapple with surges of nationalism that threaten democratic values. Teacher training colleges hold the key to forging a more harmonious future by becoming beacons of transformative pedagogy. These institutions can shape a new generation of educators who are poised to catalyze authentic social change.

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Diversity skills for future teachers: how transformative learning prepares pre-service teachers for diversity in Austrian schools

Cited by 3 publications

References 30 publications

Sosyal Bilgiler Dersinde Dönüşümsel Öğrenme Kuramının Öğrencilerin Çatışma Çözme Becerisine Etkisi

Sosyal Bilgiler Dersinde Dönüşümsel Öğrenme Kuramının Öğrencilerin Çatışma Çözme Becerisine Etkisi

We need bigger mirrors: the importance of fat fiction for young readers

The educator’s role in democratic and multicultural societies: student perceptions at a teacher training college in Israel

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