Using Critical Counternarrative to Prepare Prospective Teachers of Color

• In Event: Constructing a Counterstory: Experiences and Testimonies of Prospective Teachers of Color

Abstract

Counter-narrative has been used with prospective teachers of color to help them see the limits of their personal responsibility for experiences of social and institutional racism, and to encourage them to see that racism as something that can be challenged when they encounter it. However, little attention has been given to how prospective teachers of color can use counter-narrative to go beyond the personal, and use counter-narrative to transform their classroom teaching. This study explores what prospective teachers of color learn to teach a diverse student body through a critical approach to counter-narrative, considering not just what they learn about themselves but how that learning transforms their teaching practice when working with students of color in the classroom.

Authors

• Katrina Liu, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Richard C. Miller, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Arnetha F. Ball, Stanford University