ERIC Number: EJ1422108
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jun
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0972
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1960
Virtual Connections: Teacher Beliefs and Practices Enacting Culturally Relevant Practices in a Virtual Freedom School
Abigail A. Amoako Kayser; Jennifer Darling-Aduana; Johari Harris; Christen Edwards; Derrick Alridge
Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, v56 n2 p285-312 2024
Despite well-documented benefits for students--particularly students belonging to minorized groups--all tenets of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) are rarely fully enacted in practice. This study examines the interrelationship between the race-related beliefs of Servant Leader Interns (SLIs) who facilitated class sessions during a summer, Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom School program and their subsequent instructional practices. We also documented the relationship between these beliefs, practices, and students' self-reported exeriences. In particular, we drew on the interest convergence and understanding of racism tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to inform our grounded theory analysis using constant comparative methods to integrate data collected through SLI interviews, virtual classroom observations, and student surveys. We observed high alignment between SLI's race-related beliefs and their instructional practices. However, despite some slightly more positive experiences among students taught by SLIs with more evolved race-related beliefs, ultimately many of the same programmatic structures that helped SLIs deepen their understanding of racism (and its connection to their lives) ensured that all students benefited from the enactment of CRP-aligned curriculum, assignments, and family involvement activities.
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Virtual Classrooms, Grounded Theory, Racial Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Correlation, Student Attitudes, Culturally Relevant Education, Racism, Educational Benefits, Alignment (Education), Curriculum Development, Critical Race Theory, Summer Programs, Educational Experience, Internship Programs
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Language: English
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