This article analyzes a social-justice teacher education project in a larger teacher education program in Western Canada. This program-within-a-program took an anti-oppressive education approach designed to help teacher candidates to understand and challenge various forms of inequity and their interconnections. We review the social justice project first, through a descriptive analysis of our teaching, and second, through hour-long qualitative, semistructured interviews with 20 graduates of our program (all beginning teachers). Our alumni provided examples of teaching against the grain and also spoke to the challenges of implementing critical pedagogies. We conclude by providing four key recommendations and reflecting on the implications for...
In this article we explore some of the challenges, constraints, and what we refer to as glimmers of ...
This article arises from the teaching observations and struggles of two anti-racist educators who co...
Affluent youth often experience intense pressure to succeed academically, while conforming to narrow...
In this article we explore the struggles of 12 beginning teachers committed to social justice to def...
Historically teachers’ federations have been some of the major organizational sites for social justi...
Critical scholars view schooling as one piece of a larger struggle for democracy and social justice....
Critical scholars view schooling as one piece of a larger struggle for democracy and social justice....
This article addresses Alberta’s conservative political and social milieu with attention to teachers...
There are many controversies related to the increasingly widespread theme of “social justice” in tea...
The five authors of this article designed a multicase study to follow recent graduates of an element...
It has become public knowledge that teachers have gradually been called to teach learners to world-c...
Teaching for critical social justice is an attempt by classroom teachers to promote equity within th...
In this article, the author explores the premise that possibilities for social change in an antiraci...
The author of this thesis uses grounded theory methodology to illuminate pre-service teachers’ unde...
It has been my lived experience as a teacher that anti-oppressive education makes significant positi...
In this article we explore some of the challenges, constraints, and what we refer to as glimmers of ...
This article arises from the teaching observations and struggles of two anti-racist educators who co...
Affluent youth often experience intense pressure to succeed academically, while conforming to narrow...
In this article we explore the struggles of 12 beginning teachers committed to social justice to def...
Historically teachers’ federations have been some of the major organizational sites for social justi...
Critical scholars view schooling as one piece of a larger struggle for democracy and social justice....
Critical scholars view schooling as one piece of a larger struggle for democracy and social justice....
This article addresses Alberta’s conservative political and social milieu with attention to teachers...
There are many controversies related to the increasingly widespread theme of “social justice” in tea...
The five authors of this article designed a multicase study to follow recent graduates of an element...
It has become public knowledge that teachers have gradually been called to teach learners to world-c...
Teaching for critical social justice is an attempt by classroom teachers to promote equity within th...
In this article, the author explores the premise that possibilities for social change in an antiraci...
The author of this thesis uses grounded theory methodology to illuminate pre-service teachers’ unde...
It has been my lived experience as a teacher that anti-oppressive education makes significant positi...
In this article we explore some of the challenges, constraints, and what we refer to as glimmers of ...
This article arises from the teaching observations and struggles of two anti-racist educators who co...
Affluent youth often experience intense pressure to succeed academically, while conforming to narrow...