... 08 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Social and emotional learning Social and emotional competencies Social studies Preservice teachers Soft skills Teacher education Lesson study The 2020 pandemic introduced...

...Kevin Russel Magill; Neil Shanks Purpose In this case study, the authors examined how pre-service teachers understood and challenged economic myths at various conceptual levels and within teacher education, professional development and in-service teaching. Interrogated myths included those related...

... and consider the role that whiteness plays in teacher education, it is important to consider how the systems of exclusion are being set up and exercised. Research has shown that while students and our population are growing more diverse, classroom teachers, as a group, remain largely white (Busey and Waters...

... especially prevalent in education, “through coercion and ideology”, or that Black students are permitted and/or tolerated as long as they offer something to the school (Donnor, 2005). Brown (2014) , in her literature review, points out that both teaching and teacher education in particular have taken...

...Timothy Monreal; Matthew R. Deroo; Brianne Pitts Purpose The purpose of this article is for three teacher educators to reflect on their use of mapping and mapping-adjacent activities in university courses vis-à-vis the development of their own critical praxis toward spatial justice. The authors...

... with the critical theory learned in the university. Originality/value Examine how a core practice is bolstering the practice-theory connection in teacher education. In skillful and careful enactment of core practices, new voices can be amplified, extending the opportunities for hope, resistance...

...Cathy A.R. Brant Purpose This study aims to explore the self-efficacy of social studies teacher education working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) preservice teachers, teaching LGBTQ content in their methods courses, and helping the preservice teachers they teach in those...

.... Kate Van Haren can be contacted at: vanharenk@gmail.com 23 03 2023 17 07 2023 21 08 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Teacher education Elementary Social studies Indigenous studies Film in the classroom...

... in interdisciplinary approaches to solving community and global challenges. How to implement this vision of sustainability education? The purpose of the paper is to report the results of teacher-educators' curriculum and pedagogical approaches to implement the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) C3 framework...

...Bárbara C. Cruz; Cristina M. Viera Purpose In addition to imparting pedagogical content knowledge, teacher educators have the special responsibility to help future practitioners understand critical, contemporary social issues in our ever-globalized world. The purpose of this article is to describe...

... implications Using theorizing about the civil sphere, this paper considers implications for teacher educators. The civil sphere may provide a lens with which to analyze news media and may help preservice teachers adopt practices they view as risky. Originality/value This study aims to extend conversations...

... other approaches of combining social studies and science have been taken up within teacher education specifically. Elizabeth Kenyon can be contacted at: ekenyon@kent.edu 12 09 2019 24 01 2020 24 03 2020 24 03 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing...

... is a case study of the complex instances of reciprocal mentorship within a teacher education program. Objects of analysis included the informal educational experiences from the bi-monthly meetings and student-teaching experiences. Semi-structured interviews, field notes, interpersonal discussion...

... addresses a general concern in teacher education about the need for PSTs to develop skills in interpreting and adapting curriculum materials. Findings suggest that engaging PSTs in discussions about social studies curriculum can help teacher educators identify latent learning goals for their courses...

...Alison Asher Dobrick; Laura Fattal Purpose Educators who teach for social justice connect what and how they teach in the classroom directly to humanity’s critical problems. Teacher education at the elementary level must center such themes of social justice in order to prepare today’s teachers...

... argues for the development of the democratic capacities of teacher citizens by creating deliberative and dialogic spaces in social studies field-based teacher education. Findings Four conceptual dimensions of dialogic pedagogy in the supervision of social studies student teachers are explored...

... for sharing and reflecting upon their experiences provided opportunity to critique neoliberal and race-based public policies, as well as support reflection on the relationships between geography and teaching about social (in)justice in the social studies. Findings inform the work of teacher educators who seek...

... of this paper is to share one of many possible ways of “doing race” in elementary social studies teacher education. Design/methodology/approach First, the author proposes the topic of school segregation as a relevant and engaging inroad for elementary students to learn about race and racism...

... Ruiz de Zuazu, 2016, p. 8). As teacher educators, the authors particularly focused on self-study research, as indicated by Pine (2009), which can be implemented to improve educators’ own teaching to facilitate personal-professional growth. Findings Reflecting on the authors’ experiences...

... as well as their use of cooperative learning strategies in the classroom. He goes on to critique most text-based simulations for continuing dominant ideologies, urging simulations to allow for students to “challenge the narrative of the simulation at any point” (p. 274). Teacher education Simulation...