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Student-Teachers Reflecting on Student Diversity in Schools and Their Future Role as Teachers

Student-Teachers Reflecting on Student Diversity in Schools and Their Future Role as Teachers

Hermína Gunnþórsdóttir
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 2379-7363|EISSN: 2379-7355|EISBN13: 9781522547167|DOI: 10.4018/IJBIDE.2018070103
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Gunnþórsdóttir, Hermína. "Student-Teachers Reflecting on Student Diversity in Schools and Their Future Role as Teachers." IJBIDE vol.3, no.2 2018: pp.31-44. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJBIDE.2018070103

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Gunnþórsdóttir, H. (2018). Student-Teachers Reflecting on Student Diversity in Schools and Their Future Role as Teachers. International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education (IJBIDE), 3(2), 31-44. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJBIDE.2018070103

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Gunnþórsdóttir, Hermína. "Student-Teachers Reflecting on Student Diversity in Schools and Their Future Role as Teachers," International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education (IJBIDE) 3, no.2: 31-44. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJBIDE.2018070103

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Abstract

Icelandic society and schools are becoming more diverse than ever before and teachers need to be prepared and skilled to teach in multicultural and inclusive schools that account for student diversity. This article reports findings on how two groups of student-teachers see student diversity as an element in their future job as teachers in Icelandic schools. Data were gathered by reflective diaries through two terms in a mandatory course (fourth year/master) in the teacher education programme at the University of Akureyri in Iceland. The students reflected on the course reading material that was based on both international and local literature on inclusive education, bilingualism, multicultural education, social justice and democracy. The findings indicate that a majority of the student-teachers had not thought critically about how student diversity would affect their future work as teachers, but their ideas about their role as teachers show that they want and hope to be responsible for all students.

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