TY - JOUR
T1 - Helping preservice teachers (PSTs) understand the realities of poverty
T2 - innovative curriculum modules
AU - Cho, Moon Heum
AU - Convertino, Christina
AU - Khourey-Bowers, Claudia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - The purpose of this study was to develop an innovative addition to the curriculum to help preservice teachers cultivate an understanding of poverty. Using technology, an interdisciplinary team created two online learning modules entitled Teacher as Learning Facilitator and Teacher as Anthropologist. Preservice teachers valued the newly developed modules and the activities that accompanied them. In addition, preservice teachers demonstrated their knowledge and awareness of poverty as it relates to teaching and learning practices. Some preservice teachers viewed poverty as an asset but others viewed it as a deficit. A discussion of lessons learned about collaboration and curriculum development concludes the paper.
AB - The purpose of this study was to develop an innovative addition to the curriculum to help preservice teachers cultivate an understanding of poverty. Using technology, an interdisciplinary team created two online learning modules entitled Teacher as Learning Facilitator and Teacher as Anthropologist. Preservice teachers valued the newly developed modules and the activities that accompanied them. In addition, preservice teachers demonstrated their knowledge and awareness of poverty as it relates to teaching and learning practices. Some preservice teachers viewed poverty as an asset but others viewed it as a deficit. A discussion of lessons learned about collaboration and curriculum development concludes the paper.
KW - Learner diversity
KW - Poverty
KW - Preservice teacher
KW - Teacher education program
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U2 - 10.1007/s11423-015-9366-9
DO - 10.1007/s11423-015-9366-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84925496422
SN - 1042-1629
VL - 63
SP - 303
EP - 324
JO - Educational Technology Research and Development
JF - Educational Technology Research and Development
IS - 2
ER -