An Exploration of Culturally Responsive Teacher Practices Using Discourse Analysis

• In Event: 32.083 - Roundtable Session 12
  In Roundtable Session: 32.083-3 - Culturally Responsive Praxis Across Sites of Education

Abstract

In this session, I will discuss my exploration of culturally responsive classroom management practices through the lens of discourse analysis of an African American teacher’s handling of a discipline situation involving non-white boys. I connect my analysis to the limited scholarship documenting what culturally responsive classroom management might look like in practice, thus making a material contribution to the literature on how some practitioners are able to circumvent the use of harsh disciplinary sanctions via the use of their own personal power.

Author

• Adrianne Flack, University of Pennsylvania