Arts at the core: Considerations of cultural competence for secondary pre-service teachers in the age of Common Core and the Every Student Succeeds Act

Arts integration is a transformative platform for teacher candidates to think, plan, and teach for understanding that extends beyond the curriculum. This qualitative content analysis explores what pre-service teachers learned about arts integration as a route to cultural competence. The researchers show how pre-service teachers’ experiences with arts integration shift their thinking about their future pedagogical practices. Using Culturally...