What Teacher Preparation Programs Can Do to Better Prepare Teachers to Meet the Challenges of Educating Students Living in Poverty

Because of the present, increasing economic circumstances, poverty is fast becoming a crisis, and teacher preparation programs must begin to prepare teachers to explicitly address the needs of poor children. The inclusion of poverty in this discourse is in no way intended to discount the issues of r...

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Published in:Action in teacher education 2010-04, Vol.32 (1), p.54-64
Main Author: Hughes, Jacqueline A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Critical Theory
Curriculum Enrichment
Disadvantaged
Educational Needs
Educational Practices
Ethnic Diversity
Poverty
Poverty Programs
Preservice Teacher Education
Social Change
Social Class
Social Justice
Teacher Education Curriculum
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Because of the present, increasing economic circumstances, poverty is fast becoming a crisis, and teacher preparation programs must begin to prepare teachers to explicitly address the needs of poor children. The inclusion of poverty in this discourse is in no way intended to discount the issues of race, ethnicity, and gender. The intention here is to highlight the fact that some social issues are excluded from the teacher preparation curriculum-and to the detriment of students' education. Given the changes in student demographics, there is a need for educators to rethink how discussions of diversity can be integrated into the teacher preparation curriculum. Clearly, we cannot continue in the same old way. The question for future studies is how to broaden the discourse on diversity to include poverty, without stereotyping children living in poverty. The discourse must change to reflect the realities of society while guarding against stereotyping and thus creating self-fulfilling prophecies.
ISSN:0162-6620
2158-6098
DOI:10.1080/01626620.2010.10463542