Critical Race Theory in Teacher Education: Shifting Perspectives on the Education of Multilingual Learners

• In Event: Preparing Teachers to Support Multilingual Learners

Abstract

This presentation problematizes how pedagogies and discourses around Critical Race
Theory (CRT) impact the education of pre- and in-service teachers and their orientations toward
teaching learners in contemporary multilingual classrooms in two U.S.-based universities.
Analyzing data generated from qualitative tools (i.e., pre- and post-course surveys, student
written reflections, and focus groups), we discuss whether/how teacher education courses
grounded in tenets from CRT (Han & Laughter, 2019) shape pre- and in-service teachers’ visions
about teaching racialized students in multilingual classrooms. Our findings support the
importance of intentionally bringing race/racialization to the forefront of conversations around
multilingual learners in teacher education to foster holistic repair and renewal towards more just
and inclusive present and future educational possibilities.

Authors

• Miriam Jorge, University of Missouri - St. Louis

• Mariana Lima Becker, University of Georgia