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The Crystallizing Teacher: Revelations of Whiteness in Schools Through Freirean Critical Reflective Practice
This book advocates for teacher professional development done differently. The author introduces a process described as ‘crystallizing conscientização’, 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 conscientização, 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.

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The Crystallizing Teacher: Revelations of Whiteness in Schools Through Freirean Critical Reflective Practice
This book advocates for teacher professional development done differently. The author introduces a process described as ‘crystallizing conscientização’, 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 conscientização, 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.

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The Crystallizing Teacher: Revelations of Whiteness in Schools Through Freirean Critical Reflective Practice

The Crystallizing Teacher: Revelations of Whiteness in Schools Through Freirean Critical Reflective Practice

by Craig Wood
The Crystallizing Teacher: Revelations of Whiteness in Schools Through Freirean Critical Reflective Practice
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The Crystallizing Teacher: Revelations of Whiteness in Schools Through Freirean Critical Reflective Practice

The Crystallizing Teacher: Revelations of Whiteness in Schools Through Freirean Critical Reflective Practice

by Craig Wood

Overview

This book advocates for teacher professional development done differently. The author introduces a process described as ‘crystallizing conscientização’, 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 conscientização, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783031577499
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication date: 06/01/2024
Series: Palgrave Critical Perspectives on Schooling, Teachers and Teaching
Edition description: 2024
Pages: 242
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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.

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