1st Edition

Preparing Antiracist Teachers Fostering Antiracism and Equity in Teacher Preparation

276 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Preparing Antiracist Teachers: Fostering Antiracism and Equity in Teacher Preparation examines multiple strategies and theories for developing antiracist attitudes and actions in teachers and teacher candidates. This textbook uses critical consciousness as a framework to help practitioners and scholars to facilitate the process of doing antiracist work. The book is divided into three... Read more

Introduction
Christine Montecillo Leider, Christina L. Dobbs and Erin Nerlino

Part 1: Storying and Counter-Storying: Learning to Critically Reflect on our Place in the World and Within Systems

Chapter 1. Representation Matters: Selecting Multimodal Texts to Prompt Critical Reflection in a Secondary Literacy Pre-Service Course
Betina Hsieh

Chapter 2. This is Not America!: Attempts to Foster Dutch Teacher Candidates’ Critical Consciousness of Racial Inequity
Monique Leijgraaf and Jenelle Reeves

Chapter 3. Preparing Antiracist Educators Toward the Racialization of the Arab Peoples
Fernando Zolin- Vesz, Daniele dos Santos de Souza and Leandro José do Nascimento

Chapter 4. Teaching for Social Justice as a White Educator in a Predominantly White School: Challenges and Opportunities to Make Change and Be Changed
Erin Nerlino

Chapter 5. The Antiracist Potential of Talking Circles in Teacher Education: A Portrait of One Class’s Healing and Humanizing Practice
Sherry L. Deckman and Tanique Origgio

Part 2: Action and Disruption: Learning to Enact our Commitment to Antiracism Through Critical Reflection and Sociopolitical Efficacy 

Chapter 6. Understanding Third-Culture Kids and Their Unique Stories: Insights from Asian TCKs
Kanako Suwa

Chapter 7. Transcending Culturally Responsive Practices: Becoming Antiracist and Trauma-Informed
Léa Herbert, Lindsey Pike and Dena Slanda

Chapter 8. Immigrant Deaf Students of Color: On the Axes of Accommodation, Acculturation, and Racialization
Anna Lim

Chapter 9. Unbroken Englishes and the Promise of Raciolinguistic Redemption: Insights from Caribbean Teacher Educators
Patriann Smith

Part 3: Critical Approaches to Intersectionality, Whiteness, and Power: Learning to Nuance Perspectives on Antiracism and Difference 

Chapter 10. From Paras to Practitioners: Opportunities and Challenges in Preparing Culturally Affirming Teachers in a District-Based “Grow Your Own” Teacher Preparation Program
Marisa Olivo and Abdi Mohamed Ali

Chapter 11. Kindling the Light: Building Communities of Educators
Fernanda Marinho Kray and Paula Merchant

Chapter 12. Choosing My Excellence (CME): Antiracist Approaches to Student Support
Shane Nelson, Albert Swindle III, Cory Dulaney and Patrick Robinson

Chapter 13. Effective Early Mother Tongue Literacy Instruction in African Languages: A Curriculum Design and Research Collaboration across Continents and Institutions
Pamela A. Mason, Nangamso Mtsatse, Sarah Murray, Portia October and Zameka Lubelwana

Chapter 14. Preparing Special Educators to Shift Education Experiences and Outcomes for Students with Disabilities Who Are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color
Suzanne Kucharczyk and Kimberley Davis

Index

Biography

Christine Montecillo Leider is Assistant Professor of Multilingual Learner Education at the School of Education, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, USA.

Christina L. Dobbs is Associate Professor and Director of the English Education for Equity and Justice program at the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, Boston University, USA.

Erin Nerlino is Associate Professor of the Practice at Clark University, USA.