ERIC Number: EJ878419
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2984
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Stepping outside the Master Script: Re-Connecting the History of American Education
Swartz, Ellen
Journal of Negro Education, v76 n2 p173-186 Spr 2007
Inaccurate and incomplete presentations of American education history in teacher education programs play a central role in the poor preparation of pre-service teachers. This article exemplifies how the praxis of late 19th and 20th century African descent educators--who viewed education as a vehicle for freedom and an affirmation of humanity--informed the democratic agenda claimed by their White counterparts. This informing praxis has been hidden in master scripted accounts of the history of American education through a White/normative belief structure of race, which has created a disconnection between emancipatory African descent educators and White reform-minded educators to this day.
Descriptors: Educational History, Misconceptions, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Disproportionate Representation, African Americans, Time Perspective, African American Teachers, Educational Change, Social Structure, Social Justice, World Views, Role of Education, Whites, Perspective Taking
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
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