ERIC Number: EJ1463574
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 27
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The Area That Continues to Be Unaddressed in Public Schools: Teacher Bias in the EC-12 Setting
Shawn Verow; Jennifer Grace; Michelle Peters
Voices of Reform, v7 n1 Article 9 p143-169 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between an educator's level of implicit and explicit bias. A purposeful sample of 374 educators, working in the EC-12 setting in the southeast region of Texas, completed a race "Implicit Association Test" (IAT) and the "RIVEC Prejudice Scale"; 12 of which were selected to participate in one-on-one interviews. Findings suggested a person may verbalize little to no explicit bias, but their implicit bias indicated otherwise. Black participants were found to have less implicit anti-White bias than the White and Hispanic participants' implicit anti-Black bias. Implicit bias was found to occur between Black and Hispanic participants and between Black and White participants. In contrast, findings did not suggest any differences among the three racial groups in terms of their level of explicit bias. Participants expressed varying reactions to their implicit and explicit biases.
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Bias, Association Measures, Multicultural Education, Racism, Racial Differences, Teacher Characteristics
Nina B. Hollis Institute for Educational Reform. 421 North Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL 32723. Tel: 386-822-7081; Web site: https://www.voicesofreform.com/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Implicit Association Test
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