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Abstract
Policies worldwide increasingly call for teachers to become ‘agents of change’, often linked to social justice agendas. However, there is little clarity about the kind of competences such agency involves or how it can be developed in teacher education. This paper draws on theories of teacher agency and inclusive pedagogy to clarify the meaning of teachers as agents of change in the context of inclusion and social justice. Inclusive practice requires collaboration of teachers and others such as families and other professionals. Agents of change work purposefully with others to challenge the status quo and develop social justice and inclusion. We discuss the possibilities of combining theories of inclusive pedagogy and teacher agency for developing teachers as agents of inclusion and social justice in teacher education. These possibilities include 1) nurturing commitment to social justice as part of teachers’ sense of purpose; 2) developing competences in inclusive pedagogical approaches, including working with others; 3) developing relational agency for transforming the conditions of teachers’ workplaces; and 4) a capacity to reflect on their own practices and environments when seeking to support the learning of all students.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 333-351 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Education Inquiry |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 1 Sept 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2015 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- teacher agency
- inclusive pedagogy
- educational change
- teacher competence
- teacher education
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Making visible teachers’ impact as agents of change for inclusion
Pantic, N. (Principal Investigator), Linklater, H. (Principal Investigator) & Camedda, D. (Researcher)
1/03/17 → 1/03/18
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Activities
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Scottish Teacher Education Committee Meeting
Pantic, N. (Speaker)
12 Dec 2017Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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Counting Every Child In
Pantic, N. (Invited speaker)
11 Oct 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Teacher Education for Inclusion
Pantic, N. (Speaker)
5 Oct 2017Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Profiles
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Natasa Pantic
- Moray House School of Education and Sport - Personal Chair in Educational Change and Diversity
- Institute for Education, Teaching & Leadership
- Global Justice Academy
- Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity (CREID)
- Comparative Education and International Development Research Group
Person: Academic: Research Active