Pedagogical approach to equity and diversity in teacher education: Scoring rubric

This is a resource from the ED-TED Online Resource Bank, that is suggested to be used as a pedagogical approach to equity and diversity in teacher education. ED-TED is an Erasmus+ Teacher Academies project (Key Action 2 - Cooperation among organisations and institutions) aimed to promote equity and diversity in teacher educators' professional development. The resource presents a scoring rubric that could be used as informing feedback and assessment for learning in debates. The debate is suggested to discuss any aspect related to equity and diversity in teacher education. However, it could be used to mark/grade any other debate. This rubric is used in a teacher education programme in the module/course 'Sociological Concepts of Teaching and Learning in Physical Education' at the University of Limerick. It could be also used for assessment as learning if preservice teachers in the audience are asked to complete the rubric and share some 'grows' and 'glows' with the teams debating. It could be used for online, in person or hybrid debates. The assessment as learning process is probed to be a rich and engaging activity for preservice teachers involved. It is also an easy one for the teacher educator given the final grade can (should) be informed by all the grades and feedback shared and completed by all preservice teachers in the class.