Criticalizing Teacher Perceptions of Urban School Climate: Exploring the Impact of Racism and Race-Evasive Culture in a Predominantly White Teacher Workforce

Autor/inn/en	Bendixen, Lisa D.; Plachowski, Tara; Olafson, Lori
Titel	Criticalizing Teacher Perceptions of Urban School Climate: Exploring the Impact of Racism and Race-Evasive Culture in a Predominantly White Teacher Workforce
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 55 (2023) 8, S.949-974 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bendixen, Lisa D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/00131245221106724
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Urban Schools; Educational Environment; Racism; White Teachers; Racial Differences; Racial Relations; Leadership; Interpersonal Relationship; Caring; School Safety; Sense of Community; Constructivism (Learning); Diversity; Equal Education; Inclusion; Teacher Persistence; Beginning Teachers; Experienced Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; High School Teachers; Teacher Motivation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Rassismus; Rassenunterschied; Führung; Führungsposition; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Inklusion; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; High schools; Oberschule
Abstract	This study seeks to critically examine perceptions of urban school climate from a predominantly white teacher workforce and discuss the role that white identity, as the Dominant culture, plays in maintaining the status quo of racialized school climate. Participants included 145 teachers from a large southwestern urban setting. Teachers' perceptions were measured by the Teacher Perceptions of Urban School Climate survey that includes six dimensions that are important aspects of urban school climate: (1) Leadership, Relationality, and Care, (2) Perceptions of Security and Safety, (3) Student Belonging, (4) Constructivist Teacher Practice, (5) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and (6) Educator Retention. Results indicate that elementary school teachers had more positive perceptions of urban school climate and beginning teachers were less positive about aspects of urban school climate. Implications stemming from the results are discussed including the role whiteness and racism play in teacher perceptions of urban school climate and teacher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01