Teacher Capacity and Social Justice in Teacher Education

Authors

Carl A. Grant, University of Madison-WisconsinFollow
Vonzell Agosto, University of Wisconsin-MadisonFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2008

Keywords

Teacher Education, Social Justice, Teacher Capacity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203938690

Abstract

In this chapter we discuss social justice and teacher capacity, an amalgam of teachers’ knowledge, skills and dispositions, by posing and answering three questions. How should education professionals define the concept of social justice? What is the relationship between teacher capacity and social justice? What are teacher educators doing in scholarship and practice to bring about social justice? Our purpose is to provide teacher educators with an overview of the concepts of social justice and teacher capacity, so they may understand the relationship between the two and consider how well they are contributing to Horace Mann’s vision of education as the “great equalizer.”

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Teacher Capacity and Social Justice in Teacher Education, in M. Cochran-Smith, S. Feiman-Nemser, D. J. McIntyre & K. E. Demers (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Teacher Education: Enduring Questions and Changing Contexts (3^rd Ed.), Routledge, p. 175-200

Scholar Commons Citation

Grant, Carl A. and Agosto, Vonzell, "Teacher Capacity and Social Justice in Teacher Education" (2008). Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Faculty Publications. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/els_facpub/5