A vulnerable disclosure: Dangerous negotiations of race and identity in the classroom

This autoethnographic essay shares my experience as a teaching assistant, desiring to be more self aware of how my race informed my pedagogy in the classroom. Set in „Race and Cultural Diversity,“ an advanced undergrad writing course, I examine my commitments to racial and social justice within clas...

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Main Author: Hill Dominique C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-12-01
Series:Pedagogický Časopis
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2014-0008
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spelling doaj-84fa46f3f43c42578bc7a2aea1c84d672021-09-06T19:41:48ZengSciendoPedagogický Časopis1338-21442014-12-015216118110.2478/jped-2014-0008A vulnerable disclosure: Dangerous negotiations of race and identity in the classroomHill Dominique C.0Heanon Wilkins Fellow & Visiting Assistant Professor Miami University Department of Educational Leadership 304 McGuffey Hall Oxford 513-523-2676 OxfordThis autoethnographic essay shares my experience as a teaching assistant, desiring to be more self aware of how my race informed my pedagogy in the classroom. Set in „Race and Cultural Diversity,“ an advanced undergrad writing course, I examine my commitments to racial and social justice within classroom happenings. Using critical performance pedagogy, this study explores my identity performance to identify and create effective strategies that further dialogue on the often charged and sensitive topic of race. Moreover, this essay reveals what I learned about myself and clarified my teaching/learning philosophy.https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2014-0008vulnerabilitycritical performance pedagogyautoethnographyblack femininityteacher reflexivity
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A vulnerable disclosure: Dangerous negotiations of race and identity in the classroom
Pedagogický Časopis
vulnerability
critical performance pedagogy
autoethnography
black femininity
teacher reflexivity
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title A vulnerable disclosure: Dangerous negotiations of race and identity in the classroom
title_short A vulnerable disclosure: Dangerous negotiations of race and identity in the classroom
title_full A vulnerable disclosure: Dangerous negotiations of race and identity in the classroom
title_fullStr A vulnerable disclosure: Dangerous negotiations of race and identity in the classroom
title_full_unstemmed A vulnerable disclosure: Dangerous negotiations of race and identity in the classroom
title_sort vulnerable disclosure: dangerous negotiations of race and identity in the classroom
publisher Sciendo
series Pedagogický Časopis
issn 1338-2144
publishDate 2014-12-01
description This autoethnographic essay shares my experience as a teaching assistant, desiring to be more self aware of how my race informed my pedagogy in the classroom. Set in „Race and Cultural Diversity,“ an advanced undergrad writing course, I examine my commitments to racial and social justice within classroom happenings. Using critical performance pedagogy, this study explores my identity performance to identify and create effective strategies that further dialogue on the often charged and sensitive topic of race. Moreover, this essay reveals what I learned about myself and clarified my teaching/learning philosophy.
topic vulnerability
critical performance pedagogy
autoethnography
black femininity
teacher reflexivity
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