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Neutrality and Narratives: Situating Middle Grades Preservice Teachers in Broader Educational Discourses

Author: Rachel Ranschaert (University of Georgia)

  • Neutrality and Narratives: Situating Middle Grades Preservice Teachers in Broader Educational Discourses

    Research and Inquiry

    Neutrality and Narratives: Situating Middle Grades Preservice Teachers in Broader Educational Discourses

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Abstract

This paper forwards discourse analysis as a productive way to consider the ways in which the possibilities available for middle grades preservice teachers in justice-oriented teacher education programs are complicated by larger discourses relating to teacher neutrality and teacher education as a transformational narrative. To illustrate this, written journals from twelve preservice teachers in a justice-oriented teacher education program are analyzed and discussed.

Keywords: teacher education, social justice, middle grades, middle school

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