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When Whiteness Is Invisible To Those Who Teach: Teacher Training, Critical Professional Development, And The Intersection Of Equitable Education Opportunities, Robyn Lyn
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Background
Non-White teachers comprise 18% of the teaching force with faster burnout rates than White teachers. Teachers of Color (ToC) are exhausted. Institutionally, pre-service teacher education (TE) and inservice teacher professional development (PD) neglect the experiences and perspectives of non-White teachers. Critical Professional Development (CPD) “frames teachers as politically-aware individuals who have a stake in teaching and transforming society; dialogical; honors relationality/collectivity; strengthens racial literacy; recognizes critical consciousness & transformation as an ongoing process” (Mosely, 2018, p. 271).
Q1: What type of critical TE and PD is needed to transform the racialized education system?
Q2: What are the benefits of …