Teachers Should Be Humanitarians First

Autor/in	Bivins-Hudson, Phyllis Geneva
Titel	Teachers Should Be Humanitarians First
Quelle	In: Journal for Multicultural Education, 16 (2022) 3, S.237-245 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2053-535X
DOI	10.1108/JME-12-2021-0237
Schlagwörter	Teacher Role; Teacher Characteristics; Social Values; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching (Occupation); Equal Education; Minority Group Children; Empathy; Culturally Relevant Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerrolle; Sozialer Wert; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Empathie
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to share one teacher's experiences about her students in an academic system, which does not provide equality and/or equity for students of color. It promulgates the injustices and encourages others to engage in dialogue about these concerns. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is a personal narrative inquiry that primarily focuses on shared observations made over a period. The anecdata discusses one teacher's classroom experiences, recounting specific developments and concerns of her students and colleagues. The experiences also include personal accounts, which are connected to those classroom examples, all of which are discussed throughout the paper. Each subtitle is a continuous part of the entire conceptual perspective. Findings: Teachers should not be ordinary. They should be humanitarians who have achieved a degree in education. They should understand the critical importance of trying to reach each child because as educators, teachers teach students, not content. Therefore, anyone pursuing teaching as a profession should be a humanitarian above all else. Originality/value: When topics are centered around education, the suffering of children is usually not a part of that conversation. However, in this paper, there are several examples presented that reveal details about specific incidents during this teacher's tenure. This paper also looks at what the teacher did to support those students who had not yet found their way to the other side of childhood trauma. Further, the teacher provides a series of anecdotes from her own story to illustrate how those experiences helped her address some of the needs of her students. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01