A Culturally Consonant Tone: African American Teacher Theorizing on Character Education Policy

Autor/in	Johnson, Chrystal S.
Titel	A Culturally Consonant Tone: African American Teacher Theorizing on Character Education Policy
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Social Education, 36 (2008) 1, S.66-87 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0093-3104
Schlagwörter	Values Education; Social Studies; African American Teachers; Social Values; Moral Values; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Policy; Cultural Influences; Racial Factors; United States History; Personal Narratives; Inquiry; Interviews; Feminism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Werterziehung; Gemeinschaftskunde; African Americans; Teacher; Teachers; Afroamerikaner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Sozialer Wert; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Lehrerverhalten; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Erlebniserzählung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Feminismus
Abstract	In this article, I describe the influence race, historicity, and culture had on an African American social studies teacher's agency and negotiation of character education policy. Situated in a teacher personal theorizing framework, I use a three-dimensional narrative inquiry space (temporal, personal/existential, and place) to excavate this teacher's culturally consonant character theory and practice. Data collection was comprised of interviews, conversations, observations, field notes, and archival data. Findings suggested that Black womanist values steered this character educator's : (a) curricular/instructional decision-making, (b) motivation, and (c) teaching and learning expectations. She did, though, incorporate aspects of contemporary character education policy (neo-classical, communitarian, and feminist) in her practice. (Contains 4 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10