Cross-Racial Co-Teaching Pedagogy and Trust-Building: A Case Study

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Abstract

How does cross-racial co-teaching pedagogy shape teacher candidates’ experiences of anti-racism training? This paper brings together literature from organizational studies and from teacher education to analyze the relationship between cross-racial co-teaching pedagogy and levels of trust among participants and instructors in the anti-racism training course. I find that teacher candidates perceive cross-racial co-teaching to play a key role in building trust between themselves and the course content, their instructors, and their peers. This exploratory case study suggests that cross-racial co-teaching is a promising practice to promote trust-building in teacher preparation and to advance the success of anti-racist teacher education.

Author

• Krista Galleberg, Harvard University