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Beyond Privilege, On Pathways Toward Anti-Racism: Reforming Writing & Literature Instruction in Elite Private Schools310 views
Author
Fleming, Anna, English - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
Parks, Stephen, AS-English-Eng Lit Ops, University of Virginia
Abstract
This project considers how to develop an actively anti-racist pedagogy suited to English classrooms in elite private schools. Beyond a survey of the current literature and the identification of an under-served gap in the field of anti-racist pedagogy and the role of whiteness in classrooms, this project is also one of self-study. This thesis is both a personal reflection on how I moved from my position as a prep-school student with no vocabulary for conversations about race toward a more intersectional and actively anti-racist position as a teacher, and, through a collection of revised course materials from my initial forays into anti-racist pedagogy, a practical vision for the application of my insights. I desire to produce a discussion of how whiteness and anti-racist educational scholarship can inform educational practice to transform elite, privileged classrooms into anti-racist spaces that produce leaders and allies for racial equity and justice.
Degree
MA (Master of Arts)
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Fleming, Anna. Beyond Privilege, On Pathways Toward Anti-Racism: Reforming Writing & Literature Instruction in Elite Private Schools. University of Virginia, English - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, MA (Master of Arts), 2020-05-08, https://doi.org/10.18130/v3-40bk-7t89.