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Publication Date: 2017-Apr-29
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Simulating Authenticity: Designs for Case-Based Parent Teacher Conferences
Goldin, Simona; Khasnabis, Debi; O'Connor, Carla D.; Hearn, Kendra
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Antonio, TX, Apr 27-May 1, 2017)
Teachers must learn to enact practice based on asset-based perspectives of students, families, and communities of color. Asset-based framing must not remain a conceptual notion alone; rather, asset-based frames must have a place in the actual practice of teaching. We report on the design of a teacher education learning activity where interns enact teaching practices that rest upon an asset-based orientation to a family of color. In this activity, interns participate in a case-based simulation of a parent-teacher conference -- a case designed with attention to the possibilities for interns to enact deficit -- or asset-based perspectives. Significantly, this learning activity enables teacher educators to teach and assess asset-based practices for the formation of partnerships between teachers and families.
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Minority Group Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Learning Activities, Simulation, Student Attitudes, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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