Student Voice in Urban School Reform: Racialization and Perceptions of Pedagogical Practices

• In Event: 69.057 - Roundtable Session 32
  In Roundtable Session: 69.057-8 - Race Talk at Home, at School, and in Communities

Abstract

Using a qualitative research design, this study sought to better understand students’ perspectives regarding traditional and inquiry-based pedagogical practices in an urban school district undergoing reform. A primary finding of this study was the differences in racialization that students experienced between the traditional and inquiry-based settings. Students’ experiences with racialization had an impact on how they perceived inquiry-based instruction versus traditional instruction. Students described how aspects of racism, colorism, and linguistic discrimination impacted their perceptions of instructional practices.

Author

• Rose Jackson Buckley, Indiana University - Bloomington