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Does Race Really Matter?” Secondary Students' Constructions of Racial Dialogue in the Social Studies

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ID11070567
AuthorsTyrone C Howard (0000-0002-5502-1875, University of California, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume32
Issue4
Pages484-502
Publication date2004-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00933104.2004.10473266
OpenAlexW1963970486
LanguageEN
Citations received46
References cited38

The examination of race and racism has been largely absent from much of social studies research and theory. Despite the growing racial and ethnic diversity in the nation's schools, many social studies teachers lack a theoretical framework to help students learn about, analyze, and discuss the role that race and racism have played historically in the United States. Using a critical race theoretical framework, this study documents the findings from a study in a middle school U.S. history classroom that was centered on students' interpretations of race relations in the United States. The findings from this qualitative study indicated that students viewed this particular class as helpful in understanding race, and subsequently race relations. However, they felt their previous social studies classes had not been useful in helping them develop greater racial awareness. The primary themes that were identified from the students' data were the invisibility of race, the role of the social studies in creating dialogue about race, and the improvement of intergroup relations. The author concludes with a call to action in terms of how social studies theory and practice can play a vital role in initiating and sustaining a dialogue about the importance of race

Class (philosophy · Critical race theory · Diversity (politics · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Invisibility · Qualitative research · Race (biology · Racism · Social science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Psychology · Social Psychology

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