Framed within an Anishnaabe method and an anti-colonial discursive framework, this thesis explores how Aboriginal students confront narratives of colonial violence in the postsecondary classroom while at the same time living and experiencing colonial violence on a daily basis. In order to garner an understanding of what pedagogies might be useful in postsecondary classrooms that cover such curricula, I explored these questions by interviewing 8 Aboriginal students and 5 Aboriginal professors who were taking or teaching courses on Aboriginal peoples and colonial history. I also engaged two Aboriginal Elders in conversations on pedagogy because they are recognized as carriers of Aboriginal traditional knowledge. Drawing on the literature I theorize colonization as violent, ongoing and traumatic. Specifically, I trace how education for Aboriginal peoples has always been and continues to be part of the colonial regime—one that is marked by violence, abuse and a regime that has had devastating consequences for Aboriginal peoples. This thesis confirms that despite some changes to the educational system Aboriginal students and professors interviewed in this research still confront significant challenges when they enter sites such as the postsecondary classroom. The most profound finding in this thesis was the extent of racism that Aboriginal students confront and negotiate in postsecondary classrooms. These negotiations are especially profound and painful in mixed classrooms where the narrative of ongoing colonial violence is discussed. Aboriginal students also employ a number of strategies to resist ongoing colonialism and racism. The narrative of racism is not new but it does reaffirm that colonialism continues to have devastating effects on Aboriginal peoples. It also reaffirms the pervasiveness of violence in our society despite the fact that many would rather ignore or downplay the level of violence that exists. There is no doubt that the Aboriginal students interviewed in this research describe a significant psychological toll in an environment of ongoing colonialism and is especially difficult when revisiting historical and ongoing accounts of violence of their own colonial history. The thesis offers some suggestions for mitigating this impact in the classroom.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (University of Texas Digital Repository, viewed on Sept. 9, 2009). Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Submitted by SEBASTIANA DE FÁTIMA GOMES null (tianinha43@gmail.com) on 2016-08-25T01:39:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação-Mestrado (PDF).pdf: 5975483 bytes, checksum: dc252704bd687216f917693a2a8fe919 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Juliano Benedito Ferreira (julianoferreira@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-08-29T16:44:48Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 gomes_sf_me_bauru.pdf: 5975483 bytes, checksum: dc252704bd687216f917693a2a8fe919 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-29T16:44:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 gomes_sf_me_bauru.pdf: 5975483 bytes, checksum: dc252704bd687216f917693a2a8fe919 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-22 / Este trabalho resulta de minha vivência como professora de Geografia na rede pública do Estado de São Paulo, e do meu envolvimento com a África como membro do projeto educacional Brasil-Angola, desenvolvido pela Faculdade de Agudos. O objetivo principal deste trabalho é apresentar uma proposta de prática pedagógica para atender à lei 10639/2003 utilizando a informática educacional como recurso para o ensino das religiões brasileiras de matriz africana nos conteúdos da disciplina de Geografia no ensino fundamental. Compreendendo a relação entre racismo e educação, o ensino de Geografia deve desconstruir o preconceito racial que se relaciona à diáspora africana. Este problema afeta a comunidade na qual a escola está inserida, composta majoritariamente de afro-descendentes sem identidade étnica, manifestando preconceito acerca das religiões brasileiras de matriz africana. Visto que esta representação negativa do Candomblé foi construída pela elite colonial para legitimar seu domínio sobre os africanos escravizados, a educação étnico-racial deve desconstruir esta visão eurocêntrica. Como metodologia do trabalho, foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica acerca das temáticas: História e cultura da África e dos afro-brasileiros; políticas públicas; educação; ensino da Geografia; lei 10.639/2003; informática educacional e Candomblé. Utilizamos como referência os conceitos estruturantes do saber geográfico (lugar, espaço, território, região, paisagem) para introduzir nos alunos as bases para o entendimento do Candomblé, maneira pela qual os africanos reconstruíram miticamente, nos terreiros, os territórios africanos perdidos na diáspora. Assim, o saber geográfico assume seu caráter estratégico na formação de alunos críticos que atuem para uma sociedade mais democrática. / This study results from my professional experience as a teacher of Geography in public schools of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, and also from my involvement with Africa as a member of the educational project Brazil-Angola, developed by the College of Agudos. This study aims to present a proposal for pedagogical practice to assure the fulfilment of the Brazilian Law 10,639/2003, using educational information technology as a resource for the teaching of Brazilian religions originated in Africa, as a content of Geography, within elementary school. Understanding the relation between racism and education, the teaching of Geography must deconstruct racial prejudice, related to the African diáspora. Such bias affects the community in which the school is inserted, whose composition reveals massive presence of African descendants without ethnic identity, expressing prejudice about Brazilian religions of African origin. As this negative representation of Candomblé was built by the colonial elite, in order to legitimize their power over a mass of enslaved Africans, racial ethnic education has to deconstruct this Eurocentric view. The methodology includes the bibliographical research of the themes: African History and culture and Brazilian Afro-descendants, public policies, education, Geography teaching, the Brazilian Law 10.639/2003, educational information technology and Candomblé. We also used as reference the structuring concepts of geographic knowledge (place, space, territory, region and landscape) to introduce to students the basis for the understanding of Candomblé, the way in which the African people reconstructed, mythically, in the Candomblé yards, the African territories lost in the diáspora. Therefore, the geographical knowledge assumes its strategic role to form critical students who may act in favor of a more democratic society.

The purpose of this narrative study is to share a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the teaching philosophies of Black women science teachers. The theoretical lenses of Critical Race Theory and Black Feminist Thought are used to explore historical and contemporary experiences of Black teachers over time, to explain how and why there are so few women in science classrooms today. The pedagogical practices of Black women of the past are explored to reveal what is possible and needed in today’s science classrooms. The qualitative study used open-ended questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and Sista Circles to center the narratives and experiences of the 32 participants, honoring their counter-stories and valuing their experiences. The findings of the dissertation are shared as two manuscripts: the first focuses on how Womanist Pedagogy is exemplified in Black women science classrooms. The second findings chapter focuses on how the participants discuss anti-racist teaching in their science classrooms as described in three frameworks: liberatory pedagogy (hooks, 1994); Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (Ladson-Billings, 1994); and Historically Responsive Literacy (Muhammad, 2000). Historically relevant science pedagogy is a theoretical contribution offered by the author to the science education community to enact anti-racist practices. By highlighting the pedagogical practices of Black women science teachers, this study aims to transform the practices within science teacher education and professional development fields.

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Professional decision-making concerning the nature and quantity of schoolchildren's educational, counseling, and remedial experiences is critical to children's success. How are aspects of students' race and socioeconomic status associated with teachers' and counselors' recommendations regarding the supportive and remedial services provided to them? This study examined how racial/ethnic identity and social class may influence the early treatment decisions that teachers and counselors make about programs and services that could benefit their students. The study analyzed archival data collected from teachers and counselors via a classroom vignette study in which participants suggested appropriate programming and services for a hypothetical child. The scenario and the presenting issues were the same across all vignettes, while the hypothetical child's race/ethnicity and socioeconomic background varied. Overall, the results suggested that many teachers and counselors can make unbiased decisions about service recommendations for students. However, responses to the Asian American vignette frequently seemed to be affected by the model minority stereotype; in addition, trends that suggested biased views towards Latinx and low SES students were found, along with the possible existence of a positive feedback bias toward Black students. Suggested future research directions included the creation of a scale for the measurement of attitudinal dispositional ratings with an extension to clinical settings.

Research on social illiteracy (Rand, 2021) and the demographic imperative (Jupp et al., 2019)—as well as teachers’ stated responsibilities in teaching about race and racism in schools (Rand, 2021)—convey the urgency of attending to both barriers and possibilities for white literacy and English Language Arts (ELA) teachers. As literacy is inextricably linked with equity, literacy classrooms mark a site of sanctioning or resisting oppressions rooted in the white supremacist status quo. Following recent articulations of critical race and whiteness frameworks—particularly white supremacy logic (Enumah, 2021)—this research aims to explore white anti-racist educators teaching in the post-2020 evolving and contested field of education. Rooted in a theoretical framework of “rehumanizing praxis,” or simultaneous inward and outward pedagogies, this inquiry prioritizes humanizing research with participants through interviews, observations, reflections, and artifacts. Situated in critical constructivist grounded theory methodology, I enacted a research design intended to explore the internal and external barriers, possibilities, and pedagogies six white anti-racist teachers experience in their endeavors to participate in liberatory education.

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