The student perspective is a largely ignored element of educational research. This
study used the college student viewpoint to assess the influence Black high school
educators have on their pupils. Given today's reality of racism in this society, the existing
literature addressing this topic is inadequate. Using an open-ended questionnaire, the
responses of 272 students enrolled in speech communication and education courses at a
Northwestern land grant institution were analyzed using a descriptive methodology.
Students having no experience with a Black educator answered the questionnaire from an
imagined standpoint. Results indicated a large majority of the predominately White
subject pool found their Black high school educator(s) to be credible. Aspects of
institutionalized racism emerged when students deemed their Black educator(s) credible by
measuring them against an assumed "White standard of credibility." Findings from this
study provide additional evidence of the racism, albeit covert, in our public school
classrooms. / Graduation date: 1998
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/34005 |
| Date | 29 July 1997 |
| Creators | Hooper, C. Michelle |
| Contributors | Engel, Joanne B. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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