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Meeting Student Needs in the Freedom Writers Movie

The study described in this paper explored the understanding pre-service teachers’ have of PK-12 student needs (i.e.Belonging, Mastery, Independence, and Generosity) and the importance of meeting these needs in a climate of InvitationalEducation. 71 undergraduate teacher education candidates enrolled in a Classroom Management course at a mid-sizedSoutheastern university in the U.S, learned about the Circle of Courage. This included viewing the movie Freedom Writers tofocus of on how this philosophy was incorporated in the movie. Following the viewing, the participants wrote an essay aboutthe significance of meeting these student needs. This activity enabled the participants to link theory to practice, as it promptedthem to take a reflective stance, identify some of the strategies they witnessed in the movie, and evaluate how these mightbenefit their future students.