A Collaborative Self-Study: Advocating for Democratic Principles and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Teacher Education

Authors

Saili S. Kulkarni, San Jose State UniversityFollow
Jen Stacy, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Heather Kertyzia, Universidad Para la Paz

Publication Date

1-2-2020

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Educational Forum

Volume

84

Issue

1

DOI

10.1080/00131725.2020.1679932

First Page

4

Last Page

17

Abstract

This paper presents a collaborative self-study of three teacher educators and how they understood, practiced, and promoted democratic education in response to the divisive rhetoric of 2015–2016 at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) in Southern California. The prevalence of neoliberal ideologies throughout the 2016 election season challenged our understandings of democratic education. Therefore, we explore how teacher educators promote democratic education and pedagogy during times of political uncertainty.

Keywords

culturally responsive pedagogy, democratic education, self-study, Teacher education

Department

Special Education

Recommended Citation

Saili S. Kulkarni, Jen Stacy, and Heather Kertyzia. "A Collaborative Self-Study: Advocating for Democratic Principles and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Teacher Education" Educational Forum (2020): 4-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131725.2020.1679932