"A World of White and Snowy Scents": Teaching Whiteness

Autor/in	Iasevoli, Dave
Titel	"A World of White and Snowy Scents": Teaching Whiteness
Quelle	In: Thought & Action, (2009), S.57-64 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-8475
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Cultural Pluralism; Whites; Racial Relations; Geographic Isolation; Stereotypes; Racial Attitudes; Teacher Educators; Student Attitudes; Rural Areas; Faculty Development; New York; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kulturpluralismus; White; Weißer; Klischee; Rassenfrage; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Schülerverhalten; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; USA
Abstract	The author wants to know more about the appreciation of and respect for pluralities, in places where differences in race and ethnic background are rare. Given the lack of regular and even intimate contact with a variety of peoples, what can teachers expect? Further, with the de facto separation of races in many rural area of the United States, what does race mean to a White teacher? In this essay, the author argues that even when student populations tend to look monochromatic, a teacher's responsibility is to overcompensate and teach as if their classrooms were integrated. The title of this essay comes from a line in Wallace Stevens' poem: "Still one would want more, one would need more,/More than a world of White and snowy scents." (Contains 12 endnotes and a Bibliography.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Education Association. 1201 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-833-4000; Fax: 202-822-7974; Web site: http://www.nea.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10