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ERIC Number: EJ1125437
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Feb
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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Critical Race Theory and the Whiteness of Teacher Education
Sleeter, Christine E.
Urban Education, v52 n2 p155-169 Feb 2017
This article uses three tenets of critical race theory to critique the common pattern of teacher education focusing on preparing predominantly White cohorts of teacher candidates for racially and ethnically diverse students. The tenet of interest convergence asks how White interests are served through incremental steps. The tenet of color blindness prompts asking how structures that seem neutral, such as teacher testing, reinforce Whiteness and White interests. The tenet of experiential knowledge prompts asking whose voices are being heard. The article argues that much about teacher education can be changed, offering suggestions that derive from these tenets.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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