Community-based clinical education programs

This article examines the experiences of a group of nine community-based mentors of teacher candidates who partnered for several years through a local, community-based organization with the graduate elementary and secondary teacher education programs at a research university in the Pacific Northwest. Following a brief discussion of the history of partnerships between teacher education programs and local communities, we report the findings of a study of the perspectives of these community mentors on their work with teacher candidates and university teacher educators.

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Education, Community, and Social Engagement

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity in Contemporary Higher Education - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5724-1.ch005 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 69-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Toby S. Jenkins

Keyword(s):

Student Affairs ◽

Transformative Learning ◽

Social Engagement ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Graduate Programs ◽

Graduate Faculty ◽

Education Programs ◽

Community Based ◽

Education Community ◽

Approach To Teaching

In many higher education and student affairs graduate programs the responsibility for providing field-based learning often falls on the graduate assistantship. Programs often situate theoretical learning inside the classroom and practical engagement at the assistantship site. The growing urgency for educators to create transformative learning experiences and to integrate deep interactions with issues of social justice into the classroom challenges graduate faculty to re-evaluate their approach to teaching and learning. In this chapter, the author makes the case for adopting a creative, community-based, and culturally engaging approach to teaching in graduate education programs.

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Preparing Teachers for Diversity: A Literature Review and Implications from Community-Based Teacher Education

Higher Education Studies ◽

10.5539/hes.v8n1p9 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 9 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Huanshu Yuan

Keyword(s):

Teacher Education ◽

Literature Review ◽

Cultural Knowledge ◽

Teacher Education Programs ◽

Education Programs ◽

Community Based ◽

Qualified Teachers ◽

Diverse Student Populations ◽

Instructional Context ◽

Diverse Student

This study reviewed current issues in preparing qualified teachers for increasing diverse student populations in the U.S. and in other multicultural and multiethnic countries. Based on the framework of community-based and multicultural teacher education, this literature review paper analyzed issues and problems existed in the current curriculum, content, and practicum in traditional teacher education programs in addressing cultural knowledge and competence of preparing pre-service teachers in a multicultural society. Drawing from implications from community-based teacher education, this paper proposed several suggested strategies to reform traditional teacher education programs to meet the needs from multicultural and multiracial student populations and instructional context.

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