scholarly journals Aboriginal Education as Cultural Brokerage: New Aboriginal Teachers Reflect on Language and Culture in the Classroom

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Kitchen ◽  
Lorenzo Cherubini ◽  
Lyn Trudeau ◽  
Janie M. Hodson

Abstract This paper reports on a Talking Circle of six beginning Aboriginal teachers who discussed their roles as teachers. Participants criticized teacher education programs for not preparing them to teach in ways that are respectful of Aboriginal languages and culture. They discussed the importance of coming to know themselves and their culture. The paper concludes with suggestions for decolonizing teacher preparation so that Aboriginal teachers are enabled as protectors of Aboriginal culture and brokers with Euro-Canadian culture. 

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Naine Terena De Jesus ◽  
Maritza Maldonado

 Este artigo foi produzido no âmbito do Projeto Cineclubes - Cinema, infâncias e diferenças, realizado pelo Ateliê de Imagem e educação, do Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação da UNEMAT - MT. As narrativas acerca dos povos indígenas do Brasil, apresentadas por professores participantes do Cineclube, movimentaram o pensamento das autoras para a releitura da tese de doutorado Audiovisual na Escola Terena Lutuma Dias: educação indígena diferenciada e as mídias, cujo foco era a problematização sobre a educação escolar indígena e o uso do audiovisual, em especial, para o ensino da cultura indígena e principalmente se este seria um material didático capaz de contemplar as necessidades pedagógicas dos professores Terena, frente aos recursos como livros e cartilhas que estão atualmente disponíveis na escola indígena. Revisitar a tese e trazer tais informações a este artigo, se deu devido ao fato das narrativas do Cineclube se tornarem personagens conceituais para se pautar a educação escolar indígena visando enriquecer o conhecimento do leitor acerca de diferentes contextos e realidades da educação no país. Palavras-chave: Educação indígena. Interculturalidade. Tic. Infância. Indígenas.OF THE NARRATIVES OF THE CINECLUBE IN CÁCERES TO THE NARRATIVES OF THE ABORIGINAL SCHOOL LUTUMA DIAS: the differentiated aboriginal pertaining to school education Abstract: This article was produced in the scope of the participation of the authors in the Cineclubes Project - Cinema, infancies and differences, carried through for the Ateliê de Imagem and education, of the Program of After-graduation in Education of the UNEMAT - MT. The narratives concerning the aboriginal peoples of Brazil, presented for participant professors of the Cineclube, had put into motion the thought of the author for the releitura of the thesis of doutorado Audiovisual in the School Terena Lutuma Dias: aboriginal education differentiated and the medias, taking it to revisit it the problematização on the aboriginal pertaining to school education and the use of the audiovisual, in special, for the education of the aboriginal culture and mainly if this would be a didactic material capable to contemplate the pedagogical necessities of Terena professors, front to the resources as books and cartilhas that they are currently available in the aboriginal school. To revisit the thesis and to bring such information to this article, if gave due to the fact of the narratives of the Cineclube if to become conceptual personages to pautar the aboriginal pertaining to school education aiming at to enrich the knowledge of the reader concerning different contexts and realities of the education in the country.Keyworks: Aboriginal education. Interculturalidade. Tic. Infancy. Aboriginals. LAS NARRATIVAS DE CINECLUBE EN CÁCERES Y NARRATIVAS DE LA ESCUELA INDÍGENA LUTUMA DIAS: una educación escolar indígena diferenciadaResumen: Este artículo no ha sido reproducido en ningún momento de la participación de las autoras en el Proyecto Cineclubes - Cine, infancias e diferencias, realizado por Ateliê de Imagem y educación, Programa de Pós-graduación en Educación de UNEMAT - MT. Como narrativas acerca de los dos indígenas indígenas del Brasil, las presentaciones de los profesores participantes del Cineclube, movimentaron el pensamiento de la autora para una relevación de las enseñanzas de los medios de comunicación audiovisual en la escuela Terena Lutuma Dias: educación indígena diferenciada y como mídias, A educação escolar indígena y el uso del audiovisual, en especial, para el aprendizaje de la cultura indígena y principalmente en el este material seria didático capaz de contemplar como necesidades pedagógicas de los profesores Terena, . Revisar el texto de este artículo, se ha dado por el hecho de las narraciones de Cineclube, se convertirá en personajes conceptuales para el aprendizaje de la educación en el país.Palabras clave: Educación indígena. Interculturalidade. Tic. Infância. Indígenas.                                


Author(s):  
Josh Harrower ◽  
Cathi Draper Rodríguez

Student teacher supervision has been an important part of teacher preparation almost since the inception of teacher education programs. The goal of this type of supervision is to strengthen the skills of the pre-service teacher. Providing this type of observation can be difficult for teacher preparation programs and university faculty. Many factors, including large numbers of students in teacher education programs and student placements in remote schools, contribute to this. In order to make the most effective use of faculty and pre-service teacher time, other options for providing this support need to be explored. The rapidly developing field of mobile technology (e.g., iPads, iPhones, Smart Phones) can be used to facilitate student teaching observations. This chapter discusses how teacher preparation programs can implement candidate field supervision using video conferencing via mobile technology to increase the ability to conduct observations in schools and in a more efficient manner. It also explores the security of video conferencing applications and the issues related to using video conferencing in special education classrooms, where student confidentiality is heightened.


Author(s):  
Jarrett D. Moore

This chapter advocates for the (re)framing of critical thinking from a skill to a disposition and proposes a framework whereby teacher education programs can create space for pre-service teachers to develop a critical disposition. By studying the context of American education and schooling and their corporate interest, pre-service teachers along with teacher educators can start to unravel the discourse and power inherent in American education. Understanding how these concepts lead to hegemony can begin the process of creating a counterhegemonic movement among American educators that includes the reclaiming of the purpose of education, raising pertinent epistemological question, and practicing critical self-reflection. The final part of the new framework for developing critical dispositions is a reintroduction of broader theoretical concerns into teacher preparation programs.


Author(s):  
James Falco ◽  
Meredith Riddle ◽  
Gregory Duffy ◽  
Tracy Mulvaney ◽  
Lauren Niecz

The primary responsibility for training pre-service teachers previously fell solely on the shoulders of university teacher-preparation programs, with a short field experience component in partner P-12 districts. As research continues to support the value of increased clinical practice in P-12 schools when training pre-service teachers, the responsibility is becoming shared equally between university teacher education programs and P-12 school districts. This chapter describes three innovative programs implemented by P-12 schools through strong partnerships with Monmouth University's teacher education and Provisional Teacher Preparation program. These strong partnerships afford students the opportunity to receive direct instruction in P-12 settings with the support of curriculum, mentors and professional development. The partnership with Lafayette Mills School (the last of three initiatives discussed) was also awarded, along with the university's other PDSs, the National Association of Professional Development Schools Distinguished Partnership award in 2017.


Author(s):  
Kristen M. Lindahl ◽  
Zuzana Tomas ◽  
Raichle Farrelly ◽  
Anna Krulatz

Service-learning (SL) constitutes a particularly effective vehicle for engaging pre-service teachers with ELs during their university-level coursework, mostly due to the nature of SL that addresses the potential cultural and linguistic mismatch between teachers and learners in today's school systems by encouraging future educators to engage with the communities of their students long before they enter the teaching profession. This chapter describes four cases that demonstrate how second language (L2) teacher education programs utilize service-learning (SL) to engage pre-service teachers in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts through the lens of pedagogy of particularity. Each case presents four consistent key principles of service-learning: course content, community collaboration, integrated assignments that guide student engagement, and reflective practices that culminate the SL experience.


Author(s):  
Carolyn Haviland Obel-Omia

Teacher education programs are increasingly responsible for preparing teachers who use technology fluently across curricula. Future teachers must define literacy more broadly than they have in the past to include digital modes of reading and writing. Experience with digital tools in literacy methodology courses provides opportunities for teacher candidates to reflect critically on these tools, preparing teachers to use technology to its advantage in elementary school classrooms. This chapter describes four digital practices designed to engage teacher candidates in participating in and reflecting on authentic reading and writing to develop next-generation literacy teachers. These practices include examples of activities that can be adapted to both teacher preparation and elementary education classrooms.


Author(s):  
Kristien Zenkov ◽  
Seth A. Parsons ◽  
Audra K. Parker ◽  
Elizabeth Levine Brown ◽  
Lois A. Groth ◽  
...  

Unprecedented and long-overdue attention has recently been given to the role of field-based clinical experiences in teacher preparation. Traditional models of university coursework disconnected from real world field-based clinical experiences serve neither prospective teachers nor PreK-12 students. This chapter presents a broader notion of field-based teacher preparation structures occurring in school-university partnership contexts and professional development schools, with the authors drawing from data of four field-based experiences, which fall along a continuum of partnership, from three teacher education programs at two universities. These partnerships illustrate a developmental framework for building mutually beneficial relationships that enhance the engagement of all stakeholders and acknowledge the need for differentiation in teacher education practice. A pathways orientation to school-university partnerships/PDSs and a project-based clinical approach offer chances to develop mutually beneficial learning opportunities for PreK-12 students and teacher candidates.


Author(s):  
Patricia Dickenson ◽  
Cynthia Sistek-Chandler

Teacher Education programs worldwide are engaging in a digital conversation around best practices for supporting and teaching teacher candidates in the creation of digital content for a 21st century blended classroom. This chapter examines the status of teacher preparation in technology and explores current trends for instructors of the NextGen educator. Further the authors share how 21 Century Skills and global competencies among pre-service teachers can be applied in an online learning environment in teacher education programs.


Author(s):  
Jean S. Larson ◽  
Leanna Archambault

This chapter, updated for the second edition of this volume, reviews the current research specific to the characteristics and preparation of those involved in K–12 online teaching. While few teacher education programs integrate any aspect of online teaching into their coursework or field experiences, existing programs are discussed. Limited, but notable progress is being made with respect to K–12 online teacher preparation. However, there continues to be gaps in the literature examining the extent to which teachers are being educated, trained, and otherwise prepared to function in online settings. Over the past decade, the need for teacher education programs and current K–12 online schools to work together to prepare teachers has become increasingly clear. Effective online teaching techniques must be defined, empirically proven, and then efficiently implemented by both future and current K–12 online teachers to ensure quality online educational experiences and outcomes for students.


2016 ◽  
pp. 726-739
Author(s):  
Josh Harrower ◽  
Cathi Draper Rodríguez

Student teacher supervision has been an important part of teacher preparation almost since the inception of teacher education programs. The goal of this type of supervision is to strengthen the skills of the pre-service teacher. Providing this type of observation can be difficult for teacher preparation programs and university faculty. Many factors, including large numbers of students in teacher education programs and student placements in remote schools, contribute to this. In order to make the most effective use of faculty and pre-service teacher time, other options for providing this support need to be explored. The rapidly developing field of mobile technology (e.g., iPads, iPhones, Smart Phones) can be used to facilitate student teaching observations. This chapter discusses how teacher preparation programs can implement candidate field supervision using video conferencing via mobile technology to increase the ability to conduct observations in schools and in a more efficient manner. It also explores the security of video conferencing applications and the issues related to using video conferencing in special education classrooms, where student confidentiality is heightened.


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