Seeing disadvantage in schools: exploring student teachers’ perceptions of poverty and disadvantage using visual pedagogy
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White, M. and Murray, J. 2016. Seeing disadvantage in schools: exploring student teachers’ perceptions of poverty and disadvantage using visual pedagogy. Journal of Education for Teaching. 42 (4), pp. 500-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2016.1215543
Authors | White, M. and Murray, J. |
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Abstract | This paper describes exploratory research into the development of innovative visual pedagogies for investigating how pre-service student teachers articulate their views about the effects of poverty on educational attainment. Social class emerges as the strongest factor in poverty and educational disadvantage in the UK. The resulting issues are often awkward for students to discuss and conventional pedagogies may not have effective ‘reach’ here. Findings from this study showed that the visual methods deployed gave students pedagogically well structured spaces for the expression and exchange of a diversity of views about poverty and social class, engaging them in both heated discussions and prolonged ‘silences’. However, the pedagogies did not challenge the stereotypical deficit models of ‘the poor’ which some students expressed. Nevertheless, we argue that reconfigured versions of these visual pedagogies have considerable potential for innovative social justice work in teacher education. |
Journal | Journal of Education for Teaching |
Journal citation | 42 (4), pp. 500-515 |
ISSN | 1360-0540 |
0260-7476 | |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2016.1215543 |
Publication dates | |
23 Aug 2016 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 01 Sep 2016 |
Accepted | 14 Mar 2016 |
Copyright information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Education for Teaching on 23.08.16, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02607476.2016.1215543 |
License | All rights reserved |
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