Reflections on the Politics of Professionalism: Critical Autoethnographies of Anti-Blackness in the ELA Classroom
As Black educators, we are implanted with testimonies of how our pedagogies remained in close proximity to whiteness. We employ antiblackness and critical race theory frameworks. Through what we call vignettes of repair we address ourselves and our students to first, repair the harm we caused and se...
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| description | As Black educators, we are implanted with testimonies of how our pedagogies remained in close proximity to whiteness. We employ antiblackness and critical race theory frameworks. Through what we call vignettes of repair we address ourselves and our students to first, repair the harm we caused and second, to engage in collective witnessing that makes room for (re)claiming and (re)membering our own knowledge. From our critical reflection, we propose that teacher educators engage in a similar practice for their prospective teachers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e77663c91d148aab77035d8eb9fc7952022-12-21T21:31:59ZengPortland State UniversityNorthwest Journal of Teacher Education2638-40352021-09-0116210.15760/nwjte.2021.16.2.13Reflections on the Politics of Professionalism: Critical Autoethnographies of Anti-Blackness in the ELA ClassroomStephanie P. Jones0Robert P. Robinson1Grinnell CollegeJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNYAs Black educators, we are implanted with testimonies of how our pedagogies remained in close proximity to whiteness. We employ antiblackness and critical race theory frameworks. Through what we call vignettes of repair we address ourselves and our students to first, repair the harm we caused and second, to engage in collective witnessing that makes room for (re)claiming and (re)membering our own knowledge. From our critical reflection, we propose that teacher educators engage in a similar practice for their prospective teachers.https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/36488antiblacknesscritical race theoryautoethnographyELAteacher education |
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| title | Reflections on the Politics of Professionalism: Critical Autoethnographies of Anti-Blackness in the ELA Classroom |
| title_full | Reflections on the Politics of Professionalism: Critical Autoethnographies of Anti-Blackness in the ELA Classroom |
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| title_short | Reflections on the Politics of Professionalism: Critical Autoethnographies of Anti-Blackness in the ELA Classroom |
| title_sort | reflections on the politics of professionalism critical autoethnographies of anti blackness in the ela classroom |
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