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Publication Date: 2018
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The Hidden Nature of Whiteness in Education: Creating Active Allies in White Teachers
Lynch, Megan E.
Journal of Educational Supervision, v1 n1 Article 2 p18-31 2018
Norms of Whiteness are pervasive throughout schooling in the United States (Tanner, 2017). Critical Whiteness studies (Kincheloe, 1998) and second-wave White teacher identity studies (Jupp & Lensmire, 2016) provides relevant insight into the thoughts and experiences of White preservice and in-service teachers. This paper draws on the literature to explain the author's varied personal experiences with Whiteness in education. It is the author's hope that the experiences shared will resonate with readers and complicate racialized experiences in education, as well as provide a springboard for supervisors to develop White teachers' capacity to create anti-racist, democratic classrooms. Keeping in mind the goal of supervision -- improved learning for all students through the development of teachers -- this paper puts forth the argument that in order for teacher supervisors to do such, supervisors should explicitly name Whiteness and facilitate conversations or open spaces for dialogue on the problematic nature of Whiteness in schooling.
Descriptors: Whites, Critical Theory, Self Concept, Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Democratic Values, Racial Discrimination, Teaching Methods, Culturally Relevant Education, Social Bias, Cultural Differences, Psychological Patterns, Teacher Supervision, Teachers
University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. 334 Merrill Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Web site: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/jes/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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