From Approximations of Practice to Transformative Possibilities: Using Theatre of the Oppressed as Rehearsals for Facilitating Critical Teacher Education. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Beltramo, John Luciano; Stillman, Jamy; Ahmed, Kathryn Struthers
• Is Part Of: New educator. Volume 16:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 25
• Page End: 44
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Teachers -- Training of -- Periodicals; Teachers -- Recruiting -- Periodicals; Education -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 370.71073
• DOI: 10.1080/1547688X.2019.1670310
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1547-688X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Rehearsals and other approximations of practice are often touted as effective pedagogies for preparing teachers to reproduce/replicate practices deemed universally beneficial. However, scholars have noted that reproducing practices across contexts risks undermining equity and justice. This article reports on a three-year project that examined the potential of Boalian Theater and Freirean culture circles to facilitate learning among justice-oriented teacher educators. Using an ethnographic approach, the article shows how, guided by these critical pedagogies, rehearsals can facilitate transformational learning by re-imagining responses to dilemmas of practice in equity-oriented and contextually sensitive ways.