TY - JOUR
T1 - From “Social Justice Vacant” to “Social Justice Explicit”
T2 - An Analysis of How Elementary Pre-service Teachers Imagine Teaching about COVID-19
AU - Darolia, Laura H.
AU - Kessler, Meghan A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Association for Teacher Educators.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - As the COVID-19 pandemic invaded our lives in March of 2020, schools were forced to close their doors and urgently transition to remote learning. This action research study is about pre-service elementary teachers (PSTs) in a social justice-focused social studies methods course who used this unprecedented time as valid curricular material. While adjusting to life in lockdown, PSTs created inquiries about COVID-19 for elementary students. Analysis of these inquiries revealed curricula that could be envisioned along a social justice spectrum. Some were “social justice vacant,” others offered a “social justice nod,” a handful waded in a bit further demonstrating a “social justice curious” stance, and two of the inquiries were “social justice explicit.” This spectrum is discussed and offers implications for teacher education related to the action research implementation and reflection.
AB - As the COVID-19 pandemic invaded our lives in March of 2020, schools were forced to close their doors and urgently transition to remote learning. This action research study is about pre-service elementary teachers (PSTs) in a social justice-focused social studies methods course who used this unprecedented time as valid curricular material. While adjusting to life in lockdown, PSTs created inquiries about COVID-19 for elementary students. Analysis of these inquiries revealed curricula that could be envisioned along a social justice spectrum. Some were “social justice vacant,” others offered a “social justice nod,” a handful waded in a bit further demonstrating a “social justice curious” stance, and two of the inquiries were “social justice explicit.” This spectrum is discussed and offers implications for teacher education related to the action research implementation and reflection.
KW - Elementary
KW - inquiry
KW - social justice
KW - social studies
KW - teacher education
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U2 - 10.1080/01626620.2021.1950585
DO - 10.1080/01626620.2021.1950585
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85111860626
SN - 0162-6620
VL - 44
SP - 87
EP - 103
JO - Action in Teacher Education
JF - Action in Teacher Education
IS - 2
ER -