Navigating the Journey to Culturally Responsive Teaching: Black Teachers Teaching Black Students

• In Event: 72.048 - Roundtable Session 33
  In Roundtable Session: 72.048-16 - Perspectives on Teacher Education: Insights From Research

Abstract

This exploratory case study examines the experiences of one first-year, Black female English language arts teacher and her Advanced Placement Language and Composition students. Through an exploration of her relationship with her Black students, the data reveal how she faced challenges when finding balance in her classroom management style, encountered cultural dissonance, developed teacher-student relationships, and struggled with how White, middle-class values may have shaped her classroom interactions with her students. The results of this study inform the field of teacher education and have potential implications for pre-service and inservice teachers working with students from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds.

Authors

• Heather Marie Coffey, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

• Abiola Farinde-Wu, University of Massachusetts - Boston