Teaching in color: a critical race theory in education analysis of the literature on preservice teachers of color and teacher education in the US |
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Authors: | Keffrelyn D Brown |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USAkeffrelyn@austin.utexas.edu |
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Abstract: | In this article I take seriously the call for recruiting and retaining more preservice teachers of color by critically considering some of the pressing challenges they might encounter in teacher preparation programs. I draw from critical race theory (CRT) in education to review the extant literature on preservice teachers of color and teacher education in the US. I excavate how the dominant, (dis)embodied and normalized culture of Whiteness, White privilege and White hegemony pervades contemporary teacher education, and presents a formidable challenge to the goal of preparing teachers (of color) to teach in a manner that is relevant, critical and humanizing while also socially and individually transformative. I conclude by envisioning how teacher education programs might address these challenges in such a way that more effectively meets the needs of preservice teachers. |
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Keywords: | critical race theory preservice teachers of color teacher education critical race theory in education Whiteness interest convergence counter-storytelling |
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