Graduate Student, Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development
University of California, Santa Cruz, Politics
Chapman University, College of Educational Studies
Education Coordinator, LGBTQ Resource Center
Warner School
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David Hursh
Kevin Meuwissen Signithia Fordham |
About
As an experienced social studies teacher, I came to the Warner School with the long-term goal of developing a program for social studies teacher education. I also came with the hope to research models and practices of agency in the classroom, and to find ways to inspire students, teachers and pre-service teachers to commit themselves to social justice and nonviolence. Teaching content is not the only responsibility K-12 teachers have toward their students. Teachers also have the responsibility to guide the ethical and social development of their students. My research interests include the Whiteness of teacher candidates and their navigation of non-White classrooms, ally education for teacher candidates, social studies methods, neoliberalism and education, and disciplinary power and education.
[note: the papers posted are early drafts]
While a vast majority of teacher candidates (in the United States) today are White and middle- or upper-middle-class, the demographics of students are trending toward more non-White and lower- or working-class. Teacher education programs are therefore obliged not only to prepare future teachers with appropriate teaching methods, but to also educate them about issues of equity and social justice. The onus is on teacher preparation programs to include worthwhile classes focusing on race, class, gender, ability and sexual orientation.
At Warner, I am working on anti-hegemonic curricula, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness studies, Disability studies, Queer theory and intersectionality, power and governmentality, and nonviolence. I am particularly interested in the ongoing discussion of research, theory and practice in social studies teacher education, especially in regards to (but not limited to) the pressures and confinements imposed by the trend toward high stakes accountability and the work being done to counter them.
Contact Information
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