Article
Gaining a Better Understanding of Self: A Self-Study in Cultural Competence in Teacher Education
The Teacher Eductor
(2018)
Abstract
This article describes a year-long self-study in cultural competence. Armed with the understanding that “teachers first need to know their own cultures,” a small group of faculty researchers engaged in systematic self-study to better understand their own cultural competence in an effort to enhance teacher candidates’ cultural competencies. The overarching goals of the study were: for faculty researchers to better understand their own cultural competence and for faculty researchers to better understand their ability to create safe spaces in which teacher candidates could develop deeper understandings of their cultural competencies. Hence the faculty researchers worked collaboratively for the broader purposes of re-imaging classrooms as communities that foster new and more equitable opportunities for teaching and learning.
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 27, 2018
DOI
10.1080/08878730.2018.1434261
Citation Information
Brianne W. Morettini, Corine M Brown and Marth G. Viator. "Gaining a Better Understanding of Self: A Self-Study in Cultural Competence in Teacher Education" The Teacher Eductor Vol. 53 Iss. 4 (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/corine-brown/8/