ERIC Number: EJ1284529
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 12
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Co-Investigation and Co-Education in 'Family as Faculty' Approaches: A Repositioning of Power
Theory Into Practice, v60 n1 p39-50 2021
Family as Faculty (FAF) approaches originate from family-centered healthcare models and have been adapted in special education teacher education programs to positively influence and impact pre-service special education teachers' dispositional understandings of working and collaborating with parents/families. However, the majority of research centered on these approaches fails to address issues of equity, specifically uneven power relationships between teachers and families. This paper expands upon FAF approaches by integrating conceptual framings linked directly to critical pedagogy, such as co-investigation and co-education, as integral components in addressing power relations between future special education teachers and multiply marginalized families of children with disabilities. Deliberate repositioning of parents/families as co-investigators/co-educators within research and teacher education programs targets uneven power dynamics to further assist future teachers in critical self-reflection of their own power and privilege in relation to the students and families with whom they will work.
Descriptors: Family Role, Teacher Educators, Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Power Structure, Preservice Teachers, Critical Theory, Disadvantaged, Cooperation, Parent Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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