ERIC Number: EJ1398399
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-1062-9017
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Using Bafa Bafa to Help Pre-Service Teachers Experience Microaggressions in the Classroom
Dibbs, Rebecca; Lewis, Kelly; Moon, Jennifer; Steward, Rebecca
The Mathematics Educator, v31 n1 p5-29 2023
Implementing an equity agenda in the classroom is both necessary and challenging for classes containing pre-service teachers. For this intervention, we chose to begin our History of Mathematics course for preservice middle school teachers with a cultural simulation training exercise: Bafa Bafa. After participating in the exercise, pre-service teachers were asked to write a reflection paper and were later interviewed about their experiences in the course. Although participants found Bafa Bafa an uncomfortable experience, it was not an unsafe one, and the preservice teachers agreed that this exercise helped them better understand, articulate, and notice experiences with microaggressions.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Experience, Aggression, Equal Education, Intervention, Mathematics, History, Middle School Teachers, Cross Cultural Training, Simulation, Teaching Methods, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication
Mathematics Education Student Association, University of Georgia. 105 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602. Tel: 706-542-4194; Fax: 706-542-4551; e-mail: mesaprez@gmail.com; Web site: http://tme.journals.libs.uga.edu/index.php/tme/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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