Thursday, October 4, 2012: 9:00 AM-9:50 AM
Planet Hollywood: Sunset 6
NASPE/Preparing Teachers for Today’s K-12 Students and Schools (e.g., Technology, Cultural Competency/Relevance, Adapted PE, Coaching Education)
| Speakers: | Jennifer N. Ahrens1; Karen Meaney2; Tammy R. Rainey1; and Jeff Housman1, (1)Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, (2)Texas State University- San Marcos, San Marcos, TX |
Service-learning is a pedagogy that bridges academic study and community engagement (Cress, 2005). Participation in service learning positively impacts pre-service teacher’s cultural competence (Domangue & Carson, 2008). This presentation will highlight the unique PETE curricula at Texas State University that successfully integrates service-learning programs throughout multiple and varied PETE courses. Theory, rationale, implementation strategies and student benefits specifically related to the development of pre-service educator’s cultural competence will be presented.