Effective Facets of a Field Experience That Contributed to Eight Preservice Teachers' Developing Understandings About Culturally Responsive Teaching. (May 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bennett, Susan V.
• Is Part Of: Urban education. Volume 48:Number 3(2013)
• Page Start: 380
• Page End: 419
• Publication Date: 2013-05
• Subjects: cultural responsiveness -- teacher education -- urban education -- culturally relevant pedagogy -- diversity -- preservice teachers; Education, Urban -- Periodicals; Enseignement en milieu urbain -- Périodiques; Éducation; Milieu urbain; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 370.91732
• DOI: 10.1177/0042085912452155
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0042-0859

Abstract

I investigated eight preservice teachers' understandings about culturally responsive pedagogy as they tutored children in writing from different ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds in an afterschool program at a local community center. I utilized an embedded case study and chose constant comparison, within-case analysis and cross-case analysis. I recommend effective aspects of the field experience, which facilitated preservice teachers' development of deeper understandings about culturally responsive pedagogy: one-on-one student teacher interaction and scaffolding critical reflection.