Teacher preparation: A qualitative study of the experiences of African American pre-service teachers enrolled at three public Illinois universities

This research was conducted as a qualitative study of African American college students’ racialized and academic experiences while completing the teacher preparation program at their respective universities. This study was carried out at three predominantly White institutions (PWIs) of varying sizes in rural, urban, and suburban cities in the state of Illinois. The study results supported previous research about the importance of mentoring for minority students. Findings also indicated the need for implementation of recruitment and retention programming headed by the degree-awarding college to support African American pre-service teachers through degree conferral and state licensure attainment.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2023

Author dc:creator

• Mitchell, Jeniece D

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hood, Denice
• Pak, Yoon
• Hale, Jon
• Span, Christopher
• Williams, Jr., Preston L.

• African American
• Teachers
• Black Educators
• K-12 Public Schools
• Qualitative
• Interviews

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2023 Jeniece Mitchell

Language dc:language

en, eng

Handle dc:identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/121496

OAI record oai:identifier

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=etdms&identifier=oai%3Awww.ideals.illinois.edu%3A2142%2F121496