White Work, "Rednecks," and Instant Solutions: Acts of Microresistance to Antiracism in Social Studies Teacher Education

• In Event: 51.079 - MTCC Roundtable Session 22
  In Roundtable Session: 51.079-2 - The Complexities of Preparing Social Justice Educators

Abstract

Embodied whiteness within teacher education operates in resistance to pedagogies, curriculum, discourse, and policy that seek to disrupt the influence of white supremacy in education. This study explores the ways in which six white pre-service teachers at a predominantly white institution (PWI) embodied whiteness as acts of microresistance to learning to teach for anti-racism in a social studies methods course. Implications for teacher education are discussed.

Author

• Andrea M Hawkman, Utah State University