Engaging youth and pre-service teachers in immigration deliberations

Abstract

In this report of innovative teacher practice, the author describes an arts-based event which brought together adolescent refugee and immigrant students and pre-service teachers to deliberate about immigration policies and attitudes in the United States.

Keywords:

• immigrant and refugee students
• pre-service teacher education
• culturally responsive pedagogy

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by an Innovation Grant from the Curb Center’s Creative Campus Initiative at Vanderbilt University.