'Purpose' as a Way of Helping White Trainee History Teachers Engage with Diversity Issues.

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Autor/Urheber	Richard Harris
Institution	MDPI AG
Titel	'Purpose' as a Way of Helping White Trainee History Teachers Engage with Diversity Issues.
Quelle	In: doi:10.3390/educsci2040218; 2227-7102; Education Sciences, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 218-241 (2012)(2012) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.3390/educsci2040218
Schlagwörter	teacher education; diversity; purpose; whiteness; history teaching; Education
Abstract	Based on a three year action research project, this study examines one strand of that research, namely the impact that 'purpose', i.e. exploring the range of rationales for studying a subject, has in helping white trainee teachers embrace cultural and ethnic diversity within their teaching. Through 'purpose' trainees explored different reasons why history should be taught (and by implication what content should be taught and how it should be taught) and the relationship of these reasons to diversity. Focusing on 'purpose' appears to have a positive impact on many trainees from white, mono-ethnic backgrounds, enabling them to bring diversity into the school curriculum, in this case history teaching. It offers one way to counter concerns about issues of 'whiteness' in the teaching profession and by teaching a more relevant curriculum has a potential positive impact on the achievement of students from minority ethnic backgrounds.
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