Teacher Education Nepantlera Work

Connecting Cracks-Between-Worlds with Mormon University Students

Bibliographic Data

ID2501931
AuthorsG Sue Kasun (0000-0001-5185-6528, Utah State University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume17
Issue3
Pages91
Publication date2015-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Multicultural Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1934-5267 • E-ISSN: 1934-5267
PublisherEastern University (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.18251/ijme.v17i3.1003
OpenAlexW1892789283
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited11

Teacher educators work with students of various backgrounds, often distinct from their own. This paper explores how one teacher educator examines her positionality in relation to Mormon students and how, despite not sharing their faith, she is able to work the "cracks-between-worlds" of difference and commonality toward understanding and learning. Through Anzaldúa's concept of autohistoria-teoria, theorizing through one's biography, the author explores and theorizes her experiences. She encourages educators to consider how they engage students, learn from other nepantleras (bridge-builders), and create more opportunities toward shared understanding while also complicating and letting go of a dogged sense of teaching students what is "right

Art · Biography · Bridge (graph theory · Epistemology · Faith · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Relation (database · Sociology · Work (physics · Latin American and Latino Studies · Mormonism, Religion, and History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Education and Schools

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