TY - JOUR
T1 - Communities of practice as a launchpad for social justice planning in early childhood education
AU - Damjanovic, Victoria
AU - Ward, Jennifer K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - This qualitative case study aims to explore the ways in which communities of practice support teacher learning, decision-making, and the purposeful infusion of social justice topics that are important to children within project work. The authors draw from transformative learning theory and critical pedagogy to guide their work in supporting early childhood education teachers in how social justice issues are connected to diversity, equity, advocacy, and liberation. The preliminary findings indicate the ways the communities of practice provided a safe space for the teachers to support one another regarding tensions of practice, and a space to center the knowledge and truth of children when integrating social justice topics in project work.
AB - This qualitative case study aims to explore the ways in which communities of practice support teacher learning, decision-making, and the purposeful infusion of social justice topics that are important to children within project work. The authors draw from transformative learning theory and critical pedagogy to guide their work in supporting early childhood education teachers in how social justice issues are connected to diversity, equity, advocacy, and liberation. The preliminary findings indicate the ways the communities of practice provided a safe space for the teachers to support one another regarding tensions of practice, and a space to center the knowledge and truth of children when integrating social justice topics in project work.
KW - communities of practice
KW - early childhood education
KW - social justice
KW - teacher learning
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U2 - 10.1177/14639491231155554
DO - 10.1177/14639491231155554
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148520205
SN - 1463-9491
VL - 24
SP - 363
EP - 368
JO - Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
JF - Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
IS - 3
ER -