Abstract

Foregrounding Equity in Teacher Education: Toward a Model of Social Justice Pedagogical and Content Knowledge

• Article discusses Shulman's Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) and its limitations regarding social justice.
• Proposes Social Justice Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (SJPACK) as a theoretical model.
• SJPACK includes Social Justice Knowledge, Social Justice Pedagogical Knowledge, and Social Justice Content Knowledge.
• Argues instructional maneuvers are politically charged and never neutral.
• SJPACK advances Social Justice Knowledge as foundational and permeating all PCK practices.
• Framework posits PCK cannot be separated from Social Justice Knowledge.

Introduction

• Teachers possess specialized professional knowledge.
• Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) emphasizes a