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Preparing Pre-service Teachers for Schools in Historically Vulnerable Communities

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Introduction

Initial Teacher Education is under constant scrutiny for the quality of its delivery and its capacity to prepare teachers. It is held accountable, not only for whom it graduates but also for the future academic outcomes of their graduate students. Those responsible for Initial Teacher Education are increasingly pressured to standardize curricula and comply with standards set by local and national education bodies. They must develop coursework and offerings that bring in more students, appear relevant and practical, and meet the needs of a wide and increasing variety of stakeholders, such as government bodies, schools, and parent groups. And all of this is done in an environment in which private providers and other industry groups claim they can do teacher education better.

This ever-prescriptive, overregulated, reactive field of teacher education has resulted in a decline in social justice education, including the foundational teaching of sociocultural studies or sociology...

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  1. La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Jo Lampert

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    Michael A. Peters

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  1. Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

    Jane Wilkinson

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Lampert, J. (2019). Preparing Pre-service Teachers for Schools in Historically Vulnerable Communities. In: Peters, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Teacher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1179-6_201-1

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