Impact of a Faith-Based Social Justice Course on Pre-Service Teachers

Rapid demographic shifts are occurring around the country. United States' public schools are more diverse than any time in history. To help prepare pre-service teachers for these shifts, this small-scale qualitative case study explored the impact of a required social justice course for pre-serv...

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Main Author: Critchfield, Meredith (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2018]
In: Journal of research on christian education
Year: 2018, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-55
IxTheo Classification:FB Theological education
KBQ North America
NCC Social ethics
ZF Education
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:Rapid demographic shifts are occurring around the country. United States' public schools are more diverse than any time in history. To help prepare pre-service teachers for these shifts, this small-scale qualitative case study explored the impact of a required social justice course for pre-service educators at a large private Christian university in the Southwest United States. Findings suggest that social justice courses for pre-service teachers can have an impact on students' conceptualizations of social justice and teaching as advocacy, a relationship between students' Christian perspectives and social justice, and an enhanced role of social justice in students' personal lives.
ISSN:1934-4945
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of research on christian education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/10656219.2018.1446853