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Coaching Using Racial Literacy in Preservice Teacher Education
Document Type
Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Author
Wetzel, Melissa Mosley (ORCID 0000-0002-9472-5357); Daly, AnnieLeeKeenan, KiraSvrcek, Natalie Sue (ORCID 0000-0002-3703-4963)
Source
Journal of Literacy Research. Dec 2021 53(4):539-562.
Subject
Preservice Teacher Education
Race
Racial Bias
Social Justice
Literacy Education
White Teachers
Coaching (Performance)
Conferences (Gatherings)
Teaching Methods
Knowledge Level
Language Usage
Racial Identification
Cultural Influences
Minority Group Students
Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Student Attitudes
Power Structure
College Faculty
College Students
Language
English
ISSN
1086-296X
Abstract
Drawing on a theoretical framework that centers race, racism, and anti-racism, this study explores a coaching conference in preservice literacy teacher education. In classrooms, teachers often encounter disruptions in the community; however, those disruptions are often seen as problems to be solved and are addressed without interrogating race discourses. This study builds on previous research that has explored how teachers engage in developing understandings about race in relation to their practice using discursive tools of racial literacy. We ask, How do three White teachers draw on race discourses that are racist and anti-racist within the context of one coaching event, a post-conference? Using critical discourse analysis, we describe and interpret how race discourses were drawn upon and disrupted in the conference. We conclude with a discussion of the racial literacy practices that have promise in this coaching context and in other professional settings.