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Decentering Whiteness and Monolingual/Monoglossic Ideologies, Practices, and Identities in an Elementary Teacher Education Program

Sat, April 10, 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT (4:10 to 5:40pm EDT), SIG Sessions, SIG-Bilingual Education Research Paper and Symposium Sessions

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Recent critiques of pre-service teacher education programs in the United States have centered on “the
overwhelming presence of whiteness” and what others have also identified as the intersection of racial
and linguistic normativity in terms of whiteness and standardized American English in these programs.
The objectives of this symposium are to document the rationale and outcomes of an elementary program
engaging in a shift to decenter whiteness and monolingualism/monoglossia. The symposium will provide
documentation of various dimensions of these efforts, including the addition of a bilingual subgroup
embedded within the cohort. The symposium consists of five brief presentations followed by discussant
remarks and then the audience choosing to interact with one of the presenters in a small group activity.

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