Campus Units
Education, School of
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
5-2009
Journal or Book Title
Journal of School Leadership
Volume
19
Issue
3
First Page
299
Last Page
333
Abstract
This study explores student reflections about issues related to equity, diversity, and social justice from an educational foundations course. Online reflections and course assignments were analyzed from 15 aspiring administrators for patterns. Findings indicate that (1) students were willing to engage and reflect on their experiences and cultural identity, (2) students used their worldviews as filters for these experiences, (3) students were not necessarily willing to experience discomfort for the sake of learning about difference, and (4) students thought about their identities in a range of distinct developmental ways. If educational administration programs are to prepare future administrators who are reflective practitioners and critical thinkers working for social justice, professors must prepare these individuals to acknowledge their cultural identity and its implications for the schools they lead, and professors must account for their students' developmental differences in class.
Rights
Copyright 2009 Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Please contact the publisher for permission to copy, distribute or reprint.
Copyright Owner
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Copyright Date
2009
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hernandez, Frank and Marshall, Joanne M., "“Where I Came From, Where I Am Now, and Where I'd Like to Be”: Aspiring Administrators Reflect on Issues Related to Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice" (2009). Education Publications. 110.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/edu_pubs/110
Included in
Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Educational Leadership Commons, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons
Comments
This article is published as Hernandez, F., & Marshall, J. M. (2009). "Where I came from, where I am now, and where I'd like to be": Aspiring administrators reflect on cultural identity. Journal of School Leadership, 19(3), 299-333. Reproduced by permission of Rowman & Littlefield https://rowman.com/Page/JSL.