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Connecting with families: Online and on-campus teachers candidates views of equity-focused family engagement

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Equity-focused family engagement requires that educators reject deficit-based views of families, that teachers and families co-design models of engagement, and that family engagement is at the core of effective educational practice (Mapp & Bergman, 2021). For novice teachers, building the equity-mindedness that would support equity-focused engagement is a process that should be central to teacher preparation programs. However, as new teacher preparation programs targeting currently working but unlicensed teachers expand, the experiences and already-developed habitus related to teaching may require a different approach for teacher educators. This is a study of an online teacher education program designed for working adults and a “traditional” on-campus teacher education program at the same university. Both took a course on equity-focused family engagement at the start of their professional education program. But how the two cohorts interpreted the material differed, resulting from differences in their classroom experiences.

Source: Teaching and Teacher Education

DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2025.105346

Author: Stephanie C. Sanders-Smith

Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Topic: Parental Involvement in Education

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,380