The Embodiment of Culture: Race and Class in Schools
type: CreativeWork
description: Abstract This auto-ethnographic inquiry into race and culture in public education chronicles the ways in which racism permeates nearly every aspect of schooling. By researching her life and career as a professional educator within a racially charged educational environment, the researcher provides insight into everyday racism through colored lenses. The question this research endeavors to answer is, “What can I learn about the impacts of racism on school culture by looking back at and analyzing critical incidents in my professional career as an educator?” Her research sheds light on interconnected relationships between teachers, administrators, students, families, school structures and curriculum. True to the goals and style of auto-ethnography, the researcher renders interpretations of school life through the weaving of lived experience, reflection, poetry, theory and research that reveal both the author’s consciousness and sensibilities and the highly racialized culture in which she lives and works.
abstract: Abstract This auto-ethnographic inquiry into race and culture in public education chronicles the ways in which racism permeates nearly every aspect of schooling. By researching her life and career as a professional educator within a racially charged educational environment, the researcher provides insight into everyday racism through colored lenses. The question this research endeavors to answer is, “What can I learn about the impacts of racism on school culture by looking back at and analyzing critical incidents in my professional career as an educator?” Her research sheds light on interconnected relationships between teachers, administrators, students, families, school structures and curriculum. True to the goals and style of auto-ethnography, the researcher renders interpretations of school life through the weaving of lived experience, reflection, poetry, theory and research that reveal both the author’s consciousness and sensibilities and the highly racialized culture in which she lives and works.
author: Wood, Dorothy
keywords: conversations, culture, ethnic, classism, music, diversity, Curriculum and Social Inquiry, Disability and Equity in Education, Education, Educational Leadership, Humane Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Special Education and Teaching, Teacher Education and Professional Development
date published: 2016-12-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:20:32Z
provider: National-Louis University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: National-Louis University