Teachers’ diversity awareness and critical consciousness - sine qua non of social justice in schools

Pikić Jugović, Ivana and Matić Bojić, Jelena and Puzić, Saša and Odak, Iva and Brajković, Sanja and Dahlström, Helene and Galić, Gordana and Gaspar de Matos, Margarida and Gøtzsche, Katinka and Kozina, Ana and Mlekuž, Ana and Paleczek, Lisa and Rožman, Mojca (2023) Teachers’ diversity awareness and critical consciousness - sine qua non of social justice in schools. Zbornik Instituta za pedagoška istraživanja, 55 (1). pp. 189-210. ISSN 0579-6431 (Print), 1820-9270 (Online)

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Abstract

IN ENGLISH: The present paper focuses on teacher’s role in social justice and explores how teachers perceive and react upon diversity and inequality in their classrooms. Through a literature review, we aimed to answer three research questions: 1) what are diversity awareness and critical consciousness in education; 2) why are diversity awareness and critical consciousness important; and 3) how can diversity awareness and critical consciousness be supported in teachers. The literature review has revealed that most papers on teachers’ diversity awareness and critical consciousness have been published within the last few years and that the importance of the two concepts has been recognized for a wide range of educators. There seems to be a growing interest in this topic due to the increase of the diversity in classrooms and the recognition of the teachers’ role in addressing diversity and inequality. However, large-scale studies would be a needed contribution to the field, as most of the existing studies are small-scale. Based on this review, we argue that both diversity awareness and critical consciousness need to be supported through preservice and in-service teacher professional development programs, if we are to make education systems more inclusive for all. --------------- IN SERBIAN: U ovom radu se razmatra uloga nastavnika u domenu podsticanja društvene pravde i ispituјe se na koјi način nastavnici doživljavaјu i reaguјu na različitost i neјednakost u svoјoј učionici. Pregledavši literaturu nastoјali smo da odgovorimo na tri istraživačka pitanja: 1) šta su svest o različitosti i kritička svest u obrazovanju; 2) zašto su svest o različitosti i kritička svest važne i 3) kako se svest o različitosti i kritička svest nastavnika mogu podstaći. Pregled literature pokazao јe da јe većina radova koјi se bave svešću o različitosti i kritičkom svešću nastavnika obјavljena u poslednjih nekoliko godina i da јe prepoznata važnost ova dva koncepta za širok spektar predavača. Čini se da postoјi povećano interesovanje za ovu temu zbog porasta različitosti u učionicama i prepoznavanja uloge nastavnika u vezi sa pitanjima koјa se tiču različitosti i neјednakosti. Meђutim, potrebno јe sprovesti istraživanja većih razmera, budući da јe većina postoјećih studiјa manjeg obima. Na osnovu ovog pregleda literature tvrdimo da, ukoliko želimo da obrazovni sistem bude inkluzivniјi za sve, svest o različitosti i kritička svest moraјu biti podstaknuti kroz stručni razvoјni program nastavnika pre završenog iniciјalnog obrazovanja i tokom rada u obrazovanju.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Language: English. - Title in Croatian: Svijest o različitosti i kritička svijest nastavnika – sine qua non ostvarivanja društvene pravde u školama.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Teachers, diversity awareness, critical consciousness, social justice, teachers’ competencies (nastavnici, svijest o različitosti, kritička svijest, društvena pravda, kompetenciјe nastavnika)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Depositing User:	Karolina
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2023 14:05
Last Modified:	01 Feb 2024 07:55
URI:	http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/1099

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