Li_Xiaoli_MED_2023

Title Li_Xiaoli_MED_2023
Alternative Title Assessing Racial Microaggressions in Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs at Weber State University
Creator Li, Xiaoli
Collection Name Master of Education
Description The following Master of Education thesis explores how teacher educators in the secondary teacher licensure program at Weber State University address racial microaggressions, their attitude towards RMAs, and how they include culturally responsive practices in their instruction and curriculum.
Abstract In K-12 settings, the student body is becoming increasingly diverse (Sue et al., 2007; Solorzano et al., 2000; Williams, 2021). Conversely, the teaching faculty still needs more diversity and the ability to address racial issues. Therefore, this thesis explores how teacher educators in the secondary teacher licensure program (STLP) at Weber State University (WSU) address Racial Microaggressions (RMAs), their attitude towards RMAs, and how they include Culturally Responsive Practices (CRPs) in their instruction and curriculum. How can teacher educators help these future teachers use CRPs through modeling and mentoring, be prepared to address future racial issues, and include diversity and inclusion in K-12 settings? In general, all three interviewees understood the importance of addressing RMAs and including CRPs, and they expressed strong awareness of and positive attitudes toward addressing RMAs and including CRPs in their curriculum and instruction. Regarding implementation, interviewees #1 and #2 shared more constructive measures and skills about how to stop and intervene in class misbehaviors and educate STLP students. They addressed RMAs directly in their curriculum. The interviewee # 2 also included the policy of dealing with RMAs in her syllabus. The third interviewee had a positive attitude and awareness but needed to address RMAs in his curriculum actively.
Subject Career development; Discrimination; Education, Secondary
Keywords racial microaggressions; teacher education; secondary education; cultural inclusion
Digital Publisher Digitized by Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Date 2023
Medium Theses
Type Text
Access Extent 85 page pdf; 930 kb
Language eng
Rights The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights.
Source University Archives Electronic Records: Master of Education. Stewart Library, Weber State University
OCR Text Show
Format application/pdf
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Setname wsu_smt
ID 114154
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6zxtnjx