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Lærerstudenters kommentatorkompetanse om flerkultur og undervisning av flerspråklige elever drøftet i lys av kritisk multikulturalisme

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Thomassen, Wenche Elisabeth·2016·Acta Didactica Norge

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Grunnskolelærerutdanningen har som mål å utdanne studenter med både aktør- og kommentatorkompetanse. Kommentatorkompetanse innebærer evnen til kritisk refleksjon. Planer, forskrifter og retningslinjer for grunnskolelærer-utdanningene fastslår at studentene skal ha kunnskaper om flerkultur og undervisning av minoritetsspråklige elever. Slik kompetanse er fortsatt etterspurt, også blant nyutdannede lærere.I denne undersøkelsen er “kritisk multikulturalisme” brukt som teoretisk tilnærming for å analysere gruppeintervjuer med lærerstudenter. Drøftingen inkluderer også hvordan begreper fra denne teoretiske tilnærmingen fungerer for å forstå lærerstudentenes kommentatorkompetanse. Kritisk multikulturalisme er opptatt av å gi en analyse av undertrykking og institusjonalisering av ulike maktrelasjoner innen utdanning. Begreper som er særlig framtredende, er systemmakt, definisjonsmakt og avmakt. Empirien er en del av et større forskningsprosjekt ved UiS, som studerer praksis i grunnskolelærerutdanningen.Undersøkelsen viser at lærerstudentene viser oppmerksomhet og grad av kritisk kommentatorkompetanse når det gjelder systemnivå og pedagogiske praksiser, men ikke har nødvendigvis tilstrekkelig kunnskap om lover og regler for opplæringen. De savner mer oppmerksomhet på temaet innen lærerutdanningen, særlig konkret didaktikk. Funn i materialet indikerer at det ville være av betydning med en dypere forståelse og mer faglige begreper som grunnlag for refleksjon.Analysebegrepene fra kritisk multikulturalisme kan bidra til å sette studentenes utsagn inn i en større sammenheng og peke på potensielt diskriminerende diskurser, men fanger ikke alt studentene er opptatt av. Dette er et område som det ikke er mye forskning på i Norge, artikkelen er et bidrag til økt kunnskap om flerkultur i grunnskolelærerutdanningene.Nøkkelord: lærerstudenter, flerkultur, flerspråklige elever, kritisk multikulturalisme AbstractIncluded in the Norwegian government’s mandated Initial Teacher Education in Norway (ITE) curriculum and regulations is the aim that students should be able to both engage in teaching as a profession and to be able to reflect critically on their teaching practices. Moreover, students are expected to build knowledge about Norway as a multicultural country and to know how best to teach minority language pupils. There is still demand for these competencies, also amongst newly educated teachers.In this study, “Critical Multiculturalism” is used as a theoretical approach to analyze group interviews with student teachers. Critical Multiculturalism is concerned with analyzing suppression and institutionalization of different power relations in the education system. Central concepts are institutional power, systemic power, power of definition and not having power. Within the discussion, this approach will also be evaluated from a conceptual standpoint.The data is part of a larger research project at UiS, studying field practice in ITE. The study shows that student teachers pay attention to and critically reflect on multiculturalism and the education of minority language pupils within the framework of the school and pedagogic practice, but do not have sufficient knowledge about the rules and regulations which guide the ways the school at an institutional level organize these children’s learning opportunities. In addition, students report that they lack opportunities during their teacher education to focus on this topic, especially in didactics. Findings from the data indicate that in order for critical reflection to occur, students need to build a deeper understanding of subject matter concepts.Although concepts from “Critical Multiculturalism” may contribute to being able to place the students’ statements into a wider context, and to focus on potential discriminatory modes of discussion, they do not encapsulate some of the students’ concerns.There is not much research on this topic in Norway, and this article contributes to new knowledge about multiculture in teacher education.Keywords: Student teachers, multiculture, multilingual pupils, critical multiculturalism

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Authors
Thomassen, W. E.
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University of Stavanger (NO)
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Thomassen, Wenche Elisabeth
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Acta Didactica Norge
Published
2016-01-26
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10
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1
Pages
2
ISSN
1504-9922 (ISSN-L)
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W2291271012
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2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Global Education and Multiculturalism
  • Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
Keywords
teacher professional development, pre-service teachers, critical multiculturalism, critical reflection, multiculturality, language minority students, systemic power, power in education, primary teacher education, didactics, institutionalization of power, teacher identity, teacher self-efficacy, teacher self-concept

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