Equality work in teacher education in Finland

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 539-552
Author(s):  
Kristiina Brunila ◽  
Arto Kallioniemi
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Women’S Studies

Equality work is often conducted as education and teaching, and both are an intrinsic part of equality work. In this article, we focus on equality work and challenging heteronormativity by contextualising our focus both on the educational system as a whole but especially on teacher education. The promotion of equality in teacher education began in Finland in the 1980s with nationwide experimental projects, and Finnish universities undertook active efforts to promote equality in the 1990s as a result of the strengthening of women’s studies and discussions on gender equality. We show what kind of persistent problems promoting equality and challenging heteronormativity in education in Finland faces, but we also indicate how it is possible to promote equality and challenge heteronormativity by focusing on teacher education. This article is based on student teachers’ essays (N = 51) written as a part of their study in a course on social justice. The essays were analysed based on a discursive reading of the data.

Critical Theory, Curricular Transformation and Feminist Mainstreaming

1984 ◽  
Vol 166 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patti Lather
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Curricular Change ◽  
Antonio Gramsci ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Curricular Transformation ◽  
Change Efforts

This paper examines critical theory, especially the work of Antonio Gramsci, in relation to feminist curricular change efforts in teacher education. It is contended that women's studies is potentially a prime example of curriculum as counter-hegemonic force. Critical theory is taken to task for the male-centeredness of its search for historical actors. The possibilities for fundamental social change that open up when we put women at the center of our transformative aspirations are explored.

scholarly journals Measurement Invariance of the Sensitive Assessment for Gender Equality (SAGE) Index Across Degree: Findings from two Teacher Education Programmes in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Cristina Miralles-Cardona ◽  
Esther Chiner ◽  
María Cristina Cardona-Moltó​
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Elementary School Student

Western European countries have made impressive gender equality (GE) progress in education during the last few decades. Unfortunately, the implementation of gender mainstreaming (GM) in higher education has not been satisfactory. This paper describes a survey-based research study designed to explore student teachers’ perceptions of training for GE in teacher education (TE) using the Sensitive Assessment for Gender Equality (SAGE) index. The study firstly aims to analyse the factor invariance across degree of the SAGE and secondly tries to describe the status of GM implementation in teacher education programmes from students’ perspectives. Data were collected from 398 student teachers (84% female) aged 21.44, enrolled on two TE programmes from a public higher education institution in the Autonomous Region of Valencia (Spain). Using single and multi-group CFA the study revealed that the proposed three-factor structure of the SAGE fitted well to early childhood and elementary school student teachers’ data, thus suggesting equivalence between its components in both samples. Early childhood students scored significantly higher than elementary school student teachers in their reported perceptions of gender equality training and awareness of gender inequalities. Results will be displayed in terms of identifying institutional and curricular needs for GE education practices as findings reveal a clear demand for change.

Service Learning and Teacher Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Petersen ◽  
Sarah Gravett ◽  
Sarita Ramsaroop
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Justice And Care

Although teacher education actively promotes the ideals of social justice and care, finding ways of enculturating student teachers into what these values mean in education remains a challenge. Additionally, the literature abounds with the struggles of teacher educators to prepare student teachers with the knowledge and competencies required for the complex task of teaching. A way to address this is through the inclusion of service learning (SL) in initial teacher education programs. SL, as a form of experiential learning, with reflection at its core, serves as a means of deepening student learning about the practice of social justice and care and as a way of both drawing on, and informing, student teachers’ practical and situational learning of teaching. SL also holds potential for preparing teachers with the competencies required for the 21st century. The research on SL in teacher education draws on theoretical perspectives of experiential learning, democracy education, social transformation, multicultural education, critical reflection, and education for civic responsibility. A limitation is that the literature within developing contexts is underrepresented, limiting access to useful lessons from the research in these contexts and preventing wider theorization in the field.

scholarly journals Affective (An)Archive as Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 310-329
Author(s):  
Erica Eva Colmenares ◽  
Jenna Kamrass Morvay
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Feed Forward

The purpose of this article is to explore affective (an)archives in educational research. Unlike archives, which act more like a repository, the (an)archive is a technique for research-creation; it is a process-making engine that triggers new, creative events. The affective (an)archives studied in this paper encompass the affective intensities that arise for teacher-activists participating in public political activism, as well as the affects that animate the moments of emotional crisis (or “stuck moments”) of student teachers in a social justice-oriented teacher education program. We ruminate on the possibilities, intensities, conversations, and materialities that our (an)archives might open. Specifically, we wonder what new events can these (an)archives feed-forward and what pedagogical and emotional thresholds might the traces from our (an)archives do for both our own studies and the field of educational research.

Women’s Studies Archive: Voice and Vision

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-63
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. DeVito
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Source Material ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
User Friendly

Women’s Studies Archive: Voice and Vision is a collection of primary source material related to women’s history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries gathered from the archival collections of libraries and archives. The database emphasizes material authored by women and perspectives from diverse ethnic and religious groups. It covers a variety of topics such as slavery, political activism, socialism, education, marriage, and social justice. The content includes manuscripts, monographs, photographs, personal papers, and periodicals.The database is intuitive and user-friendly and incorporates accessibility tools such as OCR and image magnification. Users can search an individual collection or search across multiple collections. Textual analysis tools allow users alternate ways to discover additional content and the ability to explore historical term use.

Education for Gender Equality in Teacher Preparation

2022 ◽  
pp. 65-89
Author(s):  
María Cristina Cardona-Moltó ◽  
Cristina Miralles-Cardona
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Common View ◽  
European Policies ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The University

Since the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in 1979, education has been regarded as an essential vehicle to face gender inequities. As a result, universities are increasingly recognizing the need for mainstreaming gender into education to ensure that all graduates are prepared for developing a gender-sensitive practice. With the purpose of bringing evidence of present developments in connection with current European policies, student teachers' and educators' perceptions of gender mainstreaming implementation from three education programs at the University of Alicante, Spain were explored. Findings reveal that there is a common view that gender mainstreaming has not emerged as a priority in teacher education and that institutional indifference in implementing a gender approach in teaching is a norm. The study contributes to identifying areas of need suggesting actions for making progress in gender equality training at institutional and curricular levels.

scholarly journals Why Does Digital Learning Matter? Digital Competencies, Social Justice and Critical Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Coker
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Digital Competencies ◽  
Conventional Classroom ◽  
Digital Landscape

Digital tools and spaces are becoming prevalent in schools across the world requiring the development of digital skillsets for student-teachers. Digital technology, in enabling education to extend beyond the space and time boundaries of the conventional classroom (Seifert, T., Sheppard, B. Wakeham, M., 2015) , brings the digital landscape into the classroom and firmly into the frame of reference for those preparing student-teachers to enter the profession. For Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes which foreground social justice, the digital (technology which is linked to the internet) goes far beyond a skillset or a discrete subject. Engaging with digital learning encompasses the 21st century context - both local and global - in which student-teachers and their future pupils are situated. Developing a critical pedagogic approach involves understanding the context in which one lives and enabling learners to challenge or change it (Freire, 1996) . For those working in ITE a postdigital lens provides a means to understand the context in which they are situated. Critical pedagogy enables student-teachers to understand that context and challenge the inequities which persist, preparing them not simply to navigate the digital landscape, but to engage with it critically. Reflecting on student-teacher learning this article explores the digital dimension, highlighting the importance of digital learning when engaging with critical pedagogy and social justice in ITE.

Ethical Teaching and the Social Justice Distraction

2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (13) ◽  
pp. 216-237
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Social Justice Education ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Conceptual Argument ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dimensions Of Teaching ◽  
Educational Scholarship

This chapter presents a conceptual argument that positions two broad areas of educational scholarship—the moral and ethical dimensions of teaching and social justice education—as being quite separate, different, and ultimately antithetical, despite contemporary trends towards merging them in both theoretical and practical ways. It argues that an emerging tendency in social justice education to position its political agenda as a moral or ethical endeavor, especially within teacher education, is problematic in that it complicates, rather than enhances, the conceptualization of teaching as moral practice; it further distracts teachers and student teachers from fully engaging with the ethical aspects of their daily professional work.

scholarly journals Workshop of the Women’s Studies’ and Gender Research Network - Manila

1970 ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
University Research ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Gender Research ◽  
And Gender

IWSAW was invited to attend the Workshop of the Women’s Studies’ and Gender Research Network on July 25 and 26, 2007 in Manila, the Philippines. During the workshop the network members discussed ways of collaborating with UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Program for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights and areas for inter-university/ research centers collaboration on gender issues across continents.

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