Teacher Preparation at the Intersection of Race and Poverty in Today's Schools

About the Book

Teacher Preparation at the Intersection of Race and Poverty in Today's Schools introduces the reader to a collection of thoughtful works by authors that represent current thinking about teacher preparation. Importantly, the book is divided into two primary sections, the first being four chapters that offer understanding of the depth and breadth of the intersection of race and poverty as it relates to teaching and teacher preparation. The second section presents Dialogues of Teacher Education focused on “Meeting the Challenge of Race and Poverty in Our Schools: The Role of Teacher Education” with eight contributing authors who reflect on and give voice to meeting the challenge. Finally, two book reviews are presented that align with the concern for preparing teachers to enter schools at the intersection of race and poverty on a daily basis.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1: Teaching at the Intersection of Race and Poverty

Patrick M. Jenlink

Chapter 2: Appropriation or Culturally Relevant Education? The Place of Black Student Culture in School Curriculum

Kelly Wallace and J. Amos Hatch

Chapter 3: Improving Public Education by Creating Sanctuary in Schools: A Response to Stress and Trauma in Children and Adolescents Growing Up in Poverty

Eileen Santiago, JoAnne Ferrara,Sarah M. Yanosy and Kerron Norman

Chapter 4: On Slavery and the Racialization of Teaching Practices

Jon N. Hale

Section Break: Dialogues on Teacher Education

Chapter 6: Meeting the Challenge of Race and Poverty in Our Schools: The Role of Teacher Education

Patrick M. Jenlink

Chapter 7: What Do I Need to Know to Become a Teacher in Today’s Schools?

Laveria F. Hutchison

Chapter 8: HIGH EXPECTATIONS, CONTENT, AND SUPPORT

Carrie Robinson

Chapter 9: Teacher Educator Responsibilities for Preparing Teachers to Center Race

Adam Julian Alvarez

Chapter 10: Real Talk About Race and Poverty

Danné E. Davis

Chapter 11: Adopting A Complex, Decentered Perspective of Teaching Marginalized Students

Kathryn Strom

Chapter 12: Toward a Critical Race Theory for Teacher EducationDaniel G. SolorzanoChapter 13: Reimagining Three Responsibilities of Teacher Education/Preparation: Structural Racism, Poverty, and Implicit Bias

Sherick Hughes and Ronda Taylor Bullock

About the Author :
Patrick M. Jenlink is Regents Professor, the E.J. Campbell Endowed Chair: Professor of Educational Leadership, Professor of doctoral studies, and Coordinator of the doctoral program in the Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Review :
Thoughtful and relevant, Teacher Preparation at the Intersection of Race and Poverty in Today’s Schools cuts to the historical challenges that continue plague education and educators. Preparing teachers to face racial and socioeconomic challenges before them is a critical task of all educator preparation programs. This text invites readers to join in an empowering dialogue on what this task means for teacher candidates and teacher educators in American society and globally. Teacher Preparation at the Intersection of Race and Poverty in Today’s Schools is essential for current and future teacher educators. I’m recommending the book to my doctoral students! The Dialogues on Teacher Educationare significantly compelling and thought provoking and easily serve as starting points for conversation on intersections of race and poverty. In this uniquely structured book, Patrick Jenlink provides new challenges to tackle as we prepare teachers to confront racism and poverty at school. An insightful dialogue between scholars, the contributing authors push the field to keep refining this work. As an author and editor, Patrick Jenlink consistently addresses issues of social justice. Teacher Preparation at the Intersection of Race and Poverty in Today’s Schools continues that tradition, addressing the impact of pedagogical practices on the academic and socio-emotional growth of students from culturally diverse backgrounds. These issues are prevalent in most schools, and as such, this book that should be in everyone’s personal library.