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Studying Teacher Education
A journal of self-study of teacher education practices
Volume 13, 2017 - Issue 3
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Practicing What We Preach in Teacher Education: A Critical Whiteness Studies Analysis of Experiential Education

Practicando lo que predicamos en la formación docente: Un análisis de educación experiencial desde los estudios críticos de blancura

Pages 294-311 | Received 20 Mar 2017, Accepted 14 Jun 2017, Published online: 17 Aug 2017
 

Abstract

In this article I problematize the reasons for and methods through which I incorporated an opportunity for experiential learning, via a Community Inquiry Project, into my own teaching. I take the stance of a teacher-researcher to closely analyze the specific documents and tasks used to introduce pre-service teachers to the project. I draw on sociocultural approaches to teacher development and literature on experiential education in teacher education to provide a background for the project and the self-study and offer critical whiteness studies as an appropriate lens through which to analyze the various elements of the project. Findings from this study suggest that the project limited the pre-service teachers’ characterizations of community, understandings of sociocultural approaches to learning, relationships to the community, and perceptions of the role of community in teaching. I draw on these findings to suggest that teacher educators share their reflective practices with their students and learn about the diverse experiences of the pre-service teachers themselves to better prepare them to inquire into and draw on knowledge of communities as they work with diverse populations of students.

En este artículo problematizo las razones y los métodos a través de los cuales incorporé en mi enseñanza la educación experiencial, por medio de un Proyecto de Indagación Comunitaria. Tomo el rol de un docente investigador para analizar detalladamente los documentos y tareas específicas utilizadas para introducir a los estudiantes de pedagogía en el proyecto. Hago uso de abordajes socioculturales al desarrollo docente y literatura acerca de educación experiencial en la formación docente para proveer un trasfondo para el proyecto y para el self-study, ofreciendo los estudios críticos de blancura como un lente apropiado para analizar los diversos elementos del proyecto. Los hallazgos sugieren que el proyecto limitaba las caracterizaciones de lo que constituye una comunidad en los estudiantes de pedagogía, sus comprensiones de abordajes socioculturales al aprendizaje, sus relaciones con la comunidad, y las percepciones del rol de la comunidad en la enseñanza. Utilizo estos hallazgos para sugerir a los formadores de profesores que compartan sus prácticas reflexivas con sus estudiantes y aprendan acerca de las diversas experiencias de los estudiantes mismo, como una forma de estar mejor preparados para indagar y utilizar el conocimiento de las comunidades mientras trabajan con poblaciones de estudiantes diversos.

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