Exploring Teachers' Racial Attitudes in a Racially Transitioning Society

Autor/in	Frankenberg, Erica
Titel	Exploring Teachers' Racial Attitudes in a Racially Transitioning Society
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 44 (2012) 4, S.448-476 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124510392780
Schlagwörter	Teacher Behavior; Racial Attitudes; Racial Composition; School Districts; Teacher Attitudes; Public Schools; Student Diversity; Teaching Conditions; Teacher Student Relationship; Predictor Variables; Whites; Public Opinion; Racial Bias; Racial Segregation; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Rassenfrage; School district; Schulbezirk; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Prädiktor; White; Weißer; Öffentliche Meinung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Rassentrennung; USA
Abstract	The growing diversity of America's public school enrollment makes it essential that all teachers be prepared for teaching students from diverse backgrounds. This paper explores the racial attitudes of teachers, specifically probing whether, and if so how, they may differ across schools of different student racial contexts. In particular, this paper compares how diverse or segregated schools, conceptualized in three different ways, may impact teachers' racial attitudes and awareness. Teachers' racial attitudes may influence teacher behavior towards students of different racial backgrounds, and relate to other aspects of professional behavior and decision-making. School racial context, particularly racial stability, was found to be an important predictor of teachers' racial attitudes. This paper illuminates important patterns to consider and study further as the racial composition continues to become more diverse and school racial contexts become more complex in terms of composition, stability, and in relation to district composition. (Contains 6 tables and 14 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10