ERIC Number: EJ830663
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 13
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Why Bother? They Are Not Capable of This Level of Work: Manifestations of Teacher Attitudes in an Urban High School Self-Contained Special Education Classroom with Majority Blacks and Latinos
Crawford, Felicity A.
Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, p12-24 2007
Using an ethnographic approach the study describes the curricula that veteran urban high school special educators use in self-contained special education classrooms with majority Blacks and Latinos. The findings show that the teachers routinely exposed students to elementary level curricula and to material that was rife with racist images of Blacks and Latinos. The findings raise questions about the types of texts, supplementary resources, and professional development opportunities that special educators receive and bear implications for the ways in which special education teacher preparation programs account for widely- held societal viewpoints that shape teachers' beliefs and attitudes and drive their everyday practice. (Contains 3 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Ethnography, Urban Education, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Teacher Expectations of Students, Curriculum Implementation, Classroom Research, Protocol Analysis, Racial Bias, Interviews, Social Justice
AERA SIG: Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. Tel: 323-343-4393; Web site: http://aera-ultr.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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