For Us, With Us, By Us: Research With Black Teachers by Black Teachers and Black Researchers

Session Type: Workshop

Abstract

Black teachers expertise has often been excluded from the research and policy processes though they are among the most important agents of change in schools. This workshop session will discuss a continuum of research methods used, including traditional qualitative methods, community engaged approaches, and participatory action research (PAR), by a mission-driven education research organization in our research on Black teacher experiences. We will briefly describe the aims and methods of three studies and how each one supported the evolution of our methods as Black researchers whose research interests focus on Black teachers. Two Black teacher-researchers will discuss their experiences as researchers and engage attendees in a discussion of PAR, its aims, challenges, and contributions to collective sensemaking and knowledge production.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Teacher as Researcher

Chair

• Lynnette Mawhinney, Rutgers University - Newark

Papers

• Treated as Replaceable: Philly Black Teachers’ Experiences - Leana Cabral, Teachers College, Columbia University

• “Small but Mighty”: Black Teachers’ Experiences in Allegheny County - Siettah Parks, Research for Action

• FUBU: Participatory Action Research With Black Teachers in Philly and Detroit - Kevin Burgess, Research for Action; Joseph Sutton, Black Male Educators Alliance; Courtney Parker, University of Michigan