Dr. Sherry Deckman speaks about creating classroom environments that challenge cultural and social hierarchies. Teachers need to be aware of the lenses through which they view the world and their students, especially lenses that center Whiteness. She discusses everyday anti-racism for educators and creating humanizing spaces for all students, as well as the isolation that teacher educators of color often feel.
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Overview
00:00-00:36 Intros
00:36-03:57 Social justice teacher education
03:57-06:06 How teachers can think about anti-racism education in their own classrooms
06:06-07:32 Cultural responsiveness and “belonging”
07:32-11:45 “Lenses centering whiteness”: what is means and what to do about it
11:45-13:26 Avoiding thinking of groups as monolithic
13:26-16:07 Humanizing spaces
16:07-19:41 Grappling with creating spaces that are humanizing for everyone in teacher ed classes
19:41-24:43 Does social justice teaching just privilege the feelings of white-identified people
24:43-26:31 Desired outcomes from teaching
26:31-28:19 Duoethnography
28:19-30:54 Recalling and sharing racialized experiences
30:54-31:27 Posting links to Sherry’s articles on Ethical Schools website
31:27-34:40 Safe spaces and brave spaces
34:40-37:35 Addressing the isolation of scholars of color in teacher education
37:35-39:00 Outro
Transcription
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