ERIC Number: ED664998
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 220
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ISBN: 979-8-3468-7197-2
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Gazing through the Looking Glass: What a Self-Study Taught Me about Teacher Education, Whiteness, and Myself
Kyle Harrison-Woods
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Wisconsin - Madison
The purpose of this dissertation is to reflect on and make sense of my practice as a teacher educator. As a response to the growing field of self-study research in the field of teacher education, my study answers the following question: What is my lived experience as a White teacher educator? This research took place during the student teaching semester of a teacher education program, and I attend to my research question through a framework of critical whiteness studies, with particular attention to the principles that approach whiteness as a racial perspective and as a racial identity. I then review the literature related to the history and development of teacher preparation, highlighting the significance of reflection as a learning tool within the context of the student teaching seminar. I also explore the nuanced relationship between teacher preparation and whiteness, including teacher education programs, teacher candidates, and teacher educators. I utilized a self-study of my teacher education practices as a methodology to examine my teacher education practices in the student teaching seminar, and I share my findings, which came from using thematic analysis to make sense of my data. I present my experience as a White teacher educator and the uncertainty of my identity as I explore myself as a teacher educator through the fractured roles of researcher, instructor, and colleague. I end this dissertation by highlighting the significance of my findings through a discussion of the impacts of whiteness on my work. Furthermore, I specifically address White teacher educators in sharing the three implications from this research for the larger fields of self-study research and teacher education: acknowledging and identifying the aggressive invisibility of whiteness; understanding and navigating the constant state of uncertainty that White teacher educators find themselves in; and the need for dedicated and protected time for White teacher educators to reflect on their identity and practice. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Self Concept, Teacher Education, Educational Practices, Teaching Experience, White Teachers, Racial Identification, Reflection, Student Teachers
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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