It’s Dehumanizing on Purpose”
Educators’ Experiences at an Immigration Detention Center
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9728743 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William McCorkle (0000-0001-9709-9147, College of Charleston, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 463-487 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education and Urban Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00131245211042392 |
| OpenAlex | W4308917348 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
This work highlights the experience of eight education students from a public university in the American Southeast in their trip to Stewart Immigration Detention Center. A pre-interview and two post-interviews were conducted to understand students’ perceptions toward the topic, what they learned from their experience, and how the experience affected their views on immigration with a particular concern for the intersection of immigration and education. Some of the themes that emerged were the broader injustices of the profit driven immigration detention industry, the difficulties of structural change, the idea of American (industrialized world) privilege, the ease by which individuals are detained, and the dehumanizing treatment. In regard to education, participants highlighted the need for curriculum to focus on the topic of immigration including the integration of immigrant stories, a global education that counters xenophobic narratives, and the need for a more critical approach overall in the social studies classroom. This research is relevant to the larger intersection of immigration policy and education and the need for educators to become advocates for social change not only in their classroom but in regard to the larger injustices in the society
Curriculum · Dehumanization · Immigration · Pedagogy · Political science · Privilege (computing · Public relations · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law
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On the Educational Rights of Undocumented Students
Qualitative Research as Social Justice Practice with Culturally Diverse Populations
It’s about hearing and understanding their stories”
Examining Latina/o Students’ Experiences of Injustice
Posthumanist data analysis of mangling practices
Teachers' attitudes about language diversity
The Rationale and Strategies for Undermining Xenophobia in the Classroom
Dismay and Disappointment
Predictors of Mainstream Teachers' Attitudes toward ESL Students
Immigration Policy and Education in Lived Reality
Aliens and Citizens
Critical race and LatCrit theory and method
In search of students' voices
Power Relations in Qualitative Research
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
The Analytic Challenge in Interpretive Description
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |