Sista Outsider: How Black Mothers Who Are Preservice Teachers Foster Their Children's Racial Literacy Development

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session 28
  In Roundtable Session: Black Women and Girls in Pursuit of a Higher Education: A Critical Analysis

Abstract

This qualitative study describes how Black mothers who were pre-service teachers, discussed the literacy practices they developed with their children. As non-traditional students (aged 24-30), these women were constantly (re)constructing their own literacies while helping to develop the literacies of their children. These literacies included: Critical Race Literacies (CRL) and Black Motherhood Literacies (BML). Research questions include: 1) How do select Black mothers/pre-service teachers impart literacy acquisition and development onto their children? 2) What are the ways these young mothers feel more confident about their own literacies and pedagogical practices as they raise their children? Few studies have investigated the role of Black pre-service teachers as mothers and its impact on the literacies of future generations.

Author

• Crystal Belle, Rutgers University - Newark