The Role of Religion in Preservice Teachers' Racial Identity Development

• In Event: Roundtable Session 22
  In Roundtable Session: Racial Examinations of Educator Experiences

Abstract

The U.S. student population is more racially and culturally diverse demanding a need for teachers who possess certain skills, competencies, and cross-cultural proficiencies to serve students equitably. With a homogeneous White teaching force, studies on preservice teachers’ racial identity have argued the significance in promoting anti-racist education within a social justice model. However, few studies have documented identities of preservice teachers and their faith backgrounds who attend private evangelical Christian institutions. The mixed method study investigated White preservice teachers’ racial identity development based on Helm’s model (1990, 2005) and their beliefs in working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students.

Author

• Yune Kim Tran, George Fox University