Open AccessExploring Teacher Development through Racial Discourse
Author(s) -
Lamont D. Simmons
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2015.2111
Subject(s) - participatory action research , meaning (existential) , sociology , meaning making , white (mutation) , action (physics) , pedagogy , citizen journalism , action research , gender studies , aesthetics , psychology , epistemology , anthropology , art , psychotherapist , biochemistry , chemistry , philosophy , gene , physics , quantum mechanics , world wide web , computer science
In reviewing the book, Making Meaning of Whiteness, by Alice McIntyre, I discussed the author’s examination of whiteness through the lenses of white female, student teachers. I underscored how McIntyre employed a Participatory Action Research methodology (drawing on feminist theory), as a way to understand how her participants made meaning of whiteness. The study’s findings reveal that for the participants, their “whiteness” is normal, which may serve to hinder their capacity for developing culturally responsive teaching practices.