Equity Issues in Teaching and Teacher Education.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Jane Burke, Penny; Whitty, Geoff
- Source
- Peabody Journal of Education (0161956X). Jul/Aug2018, Vol. 93 Issue 3, p272-284. 13p.
- Subject
- *EDUCATIONAL equalization
*TEACHER education
*TEACHING
*SOCIAL justice
*HIGHER education
- Language
- ISSN
- 0161-956X
Concerns about creating greater equity in education are often projected outside of teaching. Yet the creation by teachers of more equitable and inclusive educational experiences and opportunities can play an important part in wider struggles for social justice. We argue that equity must become a central dimension of teacher education to challenge the complex ways that insidious inequalities are reproduced in and through educational frameworks and practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]