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ERIC Number: EJ1436311
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jan
Pages: 31
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0007-8204
EISSN: EISSN-1943-2216
Reconceptualizing Whiteness in English Education: Failure, Fraughtness, and Accounting for Context
Christina Berchini
English Education, v51 n2 p151-181 2019
This article focuses on Mr. Kurt, a white, first-year English teacher in an all-white context who has chosen to teach his students about whiteness, white supremacy, white privilege, and the many ways institutionalized racism is enacted in daily life. I center this article on classroom scenarios that highlight the challenges embedded in dealing with race and whiteness in curriculum and classroom discussion. I conclude with a discussion of how possibilities for antiracist and social justice pedagogies in English education rely on the field's willingness to embrace a more nuanced conversation, and I offer implications for classroom practice at the K-12 and teacher education levels.
National Council of Teachers of English. 1111 West Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Tel: 877-369-6283; Tel: 217-328-3870; Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 10
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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