Preparing Teachers to Identify and Address Bias and Discrimination Online: Literature Review and Framework

• In Event: Constructing Knowledge and Promoting Social Change: Cutting Edge Issues in Social Justice

Abstract

This paper argues that there needs to be greater attention in teacher education programs to prepare teachers to identify and address discrimination and bias in the context of students various online social and learning experiences. It provides a review of the literature on online bias to present a framework for teacher education programs to consider while preparing an increasing number of teachers who will impact students’ behaviors as citizens in an electronically interconnected world. This framework will draw from the literature on culturally relevant pedagogy, critical race theory, multicultural education, and anti-oppressive education to suggest ways to train pre-service and in-service teachers to help students identify and challenge online bias, while monitoring their own ideas about groups with diverse backgrounds.

Author

• Rick J. Voithofer, The Ohio State University