Researching teacher educators’ preparedness to teach to and about diversity : Investigating epistemic reflexivity as a new conceptual framework
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Lunn Brownlee, Jo, Rowan, Leonie, Ryan, Mary, Walker, Sue, Bourke, Terri and Churchward, Peter. (2019). Researching teacher educators’ preparedness to teach to and about diversity : Investigating epistemic reflexivity as a new conceptual framework. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 47(3), pp. 230-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2018.1555794
Authors | Lunn Brownlee, Jo, Rowan, Leonie, Ryan, Mary, Walker, Sue, Bourke, Terri and Churchward, Peter |
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Abstract | There is growing international concern about the extent to which teachers are prepared to work with an increasingly diverse student (and community) population. To date, research into the relationship between teacher preparation and preparedness to teach diverse learners has not focused on teacher educators’ understandings about teaching to/about diversity. Such understandings can be informed by epistemic aspects of professional work. Epistemic cognitions (cognitions about knowledge and knowing) allow professionals to generate perspectives necessary to tackle new and old challenges. The social lab reported in this paper investigated 12 Australian teacher educators’ perspectives about teaching to/about diversity using the 3R-Epistemic Cognition (EC) framework. The findings showed that the 3R-EC framework could be useful for capturing epistemic reflexive dialogues about teaching to/about diversity, although some aspects of the framework were identified by the teacher educators as challenging. On the basis of these identified challenges, refinements concerning communication and use of the 3R-EC framework were identified. The feedback also led to some refinements of the social lab methodology for use in the larger national study. |
Keywords | epistemic cognition; epistemic reflexivity; teacher education; teacher educators; teaching to diversity |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education |
Journal citation | 47 (3), pp. 230-250 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1359-866X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2018.1555794 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85066415399 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 230-250 |
Author's accepted manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 11 Jan 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 20 Oct 2018 |
Deposited | 22 Feb 2022 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8x5xv/researching-teacher-educators-preparedness-to-teach-to-and-about-diversity-investigating-epistemic-reflexivity-as-a-new-conceptual-framework
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