The Crystallizing Teacher

Revelations of Whiteness in Schools Through Freirean Critical Reflective Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-57752-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Reihe: Palgrave Critical Perspectives on Schooling, Teachers and Teaching

This book advocates for teacher professional development done differently. The author introduces a process described as ‘crystallizing  ’, which restores agency to teachers. Looking beyond incremental improvements in teacher micro-skills promoted by neo-managerial approaches to professional development, the book considers the wider impact of teachers’ personal, professional and political identities on their work. This critical reflective practice combines crystallization as method with Freirean principles of  , asking questions that reveal the impact of whiteness in schools and the role that education performs in replicating whiteness and perpetuating injustice. The book will appeal to academics in the diverse fields of sociology of education, critical race theory, critical whiteness studies, curriculum and pedagogy and teachers’ work, as well as providers of initial teacher education programs and pre-service teachers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wood, Craig

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Models of reflective practice, crystallizing conscientização, and writing mystories.- Chapter 3: Silencing voices.- Chapter 4: Listening to agentic and activist acts.- Chapter 5: Remembering Critical Stories.- Chapter 6: Practicing Teaching.- Chapter 7: Teaching as Solidarity Work.- Chapter 8: Epilogue: Conversations with Myself.

Über Autor(innen)

Craig Wood is a teacher, researcher, writer and unionist. He has worked in public schools for over two decades and is currently Researcher Officer at the Queensland Teachers' Union of Employees and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.