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‘Purpose’ as a Way of Helping White Trainee History Teachers Engage with Diversity Issues

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dc.creator Richard Harris
dc.date 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:14:03Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:14:03Z
dc.identifier 10.3390/educsci2040218
dc.identifier 2227-7102
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/d2da8c455ae84997a0775458b0966f7a
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16538
dc.description Based on a three year action research project, this study examines one strand of that research, namely the impact that ‘purpose’, i.e. exploring the range of rationales for studying a subject, has in helping white trainee teachers embrace cultural and ethnic diversity within their teaching. Through ‘purpose’ trainees explored different reasons why history should be taught (and by implication what content should be taught and how it should be taught) and the relationship of these reasons to diversity. Focusing on ‘purpose’ appears to have a positive impact on many trainees from white, mono-ethnic backgrounds, enabling them to bring diversity into the school curriculum, in this case history teaching. It offers one way to counter concerns about issues of ‘whiteness’ in the teaching profession and by teaching a more relevant curriculum has a potential positive impact on the achievement of students from minority ethnic backgrounds.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
dc.relation http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/2/4/218
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2227-7102
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source Education Sciences, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 218-241 (2012)
dc.subject teacher education
dc.subject diversity
dc.subject purpose
dc.subject whiteness
dc.subject history teaching
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title ‘Purpose’ as a Way of Helping White Trainee History Teachers Engage with Diversity Issues
dc.type article


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