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Walking The Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion Talk: Promoting Stem Teacher Candidates’ Views, Understandings, And Implementation Of Differentiated Instruction, Mohammed Estaiteyeh
Walking The Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion Talk: Promoting Stem Teacher Candidates’ Views, Understandings, And Implementation Of Differentiated Instruction, Mohammed Estaiteyeh
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Differentiated instruction (DI) is a teaching philosophy that addresses learning for students of diverse backgrounds, abilities, and interests. This study explores teacher candidates’ (TCs’) preparation to implement DI in a STEM curriculum and pedagogy course in a teacher education program at a Canadian university. The course is enriched with DI resources and training focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). The course’s efficacy in enhancing TCs’ professional knowledge of DI is explored through the following research questions: 1) What are intermediate-secondary STEM TCs’ views and understandings of DI? 2a) How do TCs develop the curriculum to be inclusive of DI …