ERIC Number: EJ980017
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1946-2069
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Preparing White Preservice Art Educators to Teach in Urban Classrooms
Briggs, Judith
Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, p15-25 2012
Within a two-year mixed method action research study, two cohorts of White senior preservice Art Educators reflected on anti-racist and anti-classist course materials and attended field experiences within urban schools. A majority of both cohorts identified systemic racism within social systems and language after engaging in course materials. Urban teaching intentions, teaching efficacy and urban teaching attitudes did not show a significant change within the first cohort while the second cohort demonstrated a significant change in teaching efficacy. Both cohorts showed a positive shift in urban teaching intentions. Both cohorts reflected positively on the urban field experience site. The second cohort exhibited greater empathy for urban student concerns and a greater appreciation for urban teachers' efforts. More time spent in schools with urban teacher mentors and students, along with a shift in the urban field experience to later in the semester may have contributed to the positive change in results. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Action Research, Field Experience Programs, Art Education, Mentors, Social Systems, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Whites, Art Teachers, Cultural Pluralism, Social Justice, Racial Bias, Social Bias, Language Usage, Intention, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Empathy, Familiarity
AERA SIG: Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. Tel: 323-343-4393; Web site: http://aera-ultr.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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