| Owner: |
Jennifer Doyle
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| Owner Email: |
DrJenDoyle@gmail.com
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| Paper Title: |
Collectively Reimagining a Community-Centered Model of Teacher Education
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| Session Title: |
Community at the Core: Uplifting Community-Engaged Teacher Preparation (Table 10)
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| Paper Type: |
Roundtable Presentation
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| Presentation Date: |
4/23/2025
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| Presentation Location: |
Denver, CO
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| Descriptors: |
Equity, Social Justice
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| Methodology: |
Qualitative
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| Author(s): |
Jennifer Doyle, University of Kentucky; Toni M. Williams, University of South Carolina; Theresa Harrison, University of South Carolina
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| Unit: |
Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education
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| Abstract: |
We answered this call by reflecting on our commitments to community engagement, racial justice, and educational equity. Because we (humbly) discovered that we did not live up to our commitments, we collaborated with a community-engagement scholar, local principal, and community elder to (re)imagine an equity-based / community-centered model for teacher education. Utilizing transformative learning (Sykes, 2014) and drawing upon bell hook’s (1994), we recognize the process of theorizing to “imagine possible futures” (p. 61). Further, when introducing pre-service teachers into new communities we understand that community cultural wealth (Yosso, 2005) must be honored. This paper argues for the need to collectively build a reimagined model of teacher education alongside community partners, preparing our teacher-candidates to be in community with communities.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/2195768
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