Becoming Less Sh**ty White People: Using SSCoP (Self-Study Community of Practice) to Rehearse Antiracist Pedagogy and Practice

• In Event: Developing as Social Justice Teacher Educators Through Collaborative Self-Study Practices

Abstract

Four White university teacher educators engaged in a self-study community of practice (SSCoP) to unpack our roles as antiracist educators, guided by the research question: How can a self-study community of practice serve as a space for university educator preparation faculty to explore their antiracist pedagogy and practice? We read two texts, participated in six recorded sessions, and created fifteen arts-based artifacts as we reflected on our antiracist pedagogy and practice. Although we experienced the SSCoP differently, it served as a rehearsal space for shifting from feelings-based advocacy toward outcome-focused advocacy. We were left with an urgency to continue to critically examine our antiracist stances in the knowledge that, as White educators, upholding the status quo is counterproductive.

Authors

• Kristen H. Gregory, East Carolina University

• Mark M. Diacopoulos, Pittsburg State University

• Mary F. Rice, University of New Mexico

• Amanda K. Burbage, Old Dominion University