EdPrepLab World Café: Developing the Equitable Educator—Pre-Service and In-Service Early Career Support

The fourth convening in EdPrepLab’s international World Café series, Developing the Equitable Educator: Pre-Service and In-Service Early Career Support, brought together a global community of educator preparation leaders, researchers, and practitioners to examine how teacher candidates and early career educators can be supported through learning experiences grounded in the Science of Learning and Development (SoLD). With participants representing diverse international contexts, the event highlighted that equitable teaching must begin with equitable learning opportunities for educators themselves. Discussions explored how candidates build deep understanding by articulating their thinking, engaging in inquiry, encountering multiple models of reasoning, and receiving constructive feedback. Strategies such as self-reflection, peer teaching, and multimodal learning were highlighted as powerful tools to help educators internalize and enact equity-centered practices. The event generated thoughtful dialogue on how preparation programs can nurture equitable teaching by immersing educators in the practices and mindsets they are expected to bring to diverse classrooms.

Session One

Moderator

• Kay Fujiyoshi, Urban Teacher Education Program, University of Chicago, USA

Panelists

• Asma Khaleel Abdallah, Assistant Professor, Sharjah Education Academy, United Arab Emirates
• Aileen Kennedy, Professor and Joint Director, Centre for Transformative Change in Schools, University of Glasgow, Scotland

Session Two

Moderator

• Carol Hordatt Gentles, Senior Lecturer, School of Education and International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) President, University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Panelists

• Haiyan Qian, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Policy, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Ee Ling Low, Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Singapore National Institute of Education

Morning Session

Evening Session