Teaching and learning in a time of pandemic
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https://doi.org/10.17561/ae.vextra1.7342Keywords:
teacher education, pre-service social justice, urban schools, critical pedagogyAbstract
This paper explores the implications of Antonia Darder’s article “Reflections on Cultural Democracy and Schooling” (this issue) on the author’s pedagogy as a teacher educator preparing teacher candidates to work in urban public schools during the pandemic. The author illustrates the ways in which he integrates Darder’s culturally democratic pedagogy into his teaching. Particular attention is placed on how the author helps teacher candidates analyze the role of ideology in concealing and legitimizing structures of power, guiding candidates to center students’ lived experiences in the curriculum and develop student voice, and cultivating their capacity to understand teaching as a moral and political act.
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