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Direct linkGomez, Mary Louise; Ocasio, Kelly; Lachuk, Amy Johnson; Powell, Shameka N. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2015
Deploying Russian philosopher M. M. Bakhtin's notions of utterances or communicative interactions, we explore the life histories of two administrators at State University, a predominantly White institution of higher education in the Midwestern United States. In particular, we explore how working with White students, peers, and supervisors demands…
Descriptors: Biographies, Higher Education, African American Teachers, Racial Bias
Gomez, Mary Louise; Carlson, James R.; Foubert, Jennifer; Powell, Shameka N. – Teaching Education, 2014
In this paper, we deploy M.M. Bakhtin's notions about how language works to understand aspiring teachers' struggles about the intersecting roles race, class, gender, language background, and sexual orientation play in students' school lives and learning. Through life-history interviews and document analysis, we investigated the authoritative and…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Biographies
Download full textLachuk, Amy S. Johnson; Gomez, Mary Louise – Middle School Journal (J1), 2011
Culture and community are considered key aspects of effective middle level education. Effective schools for young adolescents are inviting, inclusive, and supportive; are staffed with adults who support youths' academic and personal development; and affirm the important role that families play in educating youth. In this article, the authors…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Early Adolescents, Minority Group Children, Personal Narratives
Gomez, Mary Louise; White, Edie – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
In this paper, the authors discuss two complementary life history research projects investigating prospective teachers' identities in relation to their race and social class. Drawing on the experiences of one student from each study, they show how both whites and students of color primarily thought about one another as "others"--people who…
Descriptors: Social Class, Biographies, Self Concept, Preservice Teacher Education
Gomez, Mary Louise; Khurshid, Ayesha; Freitag, Mel B.; Lachuk, Amy Johnson – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This article explores the experiences of teaching assistants from nonmainstream backgrounds in a predominantly white institution (PWI) of U.S. education. We focus on how such teaching assistants experience and respond to "microaggressions" or subtle challenges to their teaching based on race and ethnicity. We also explore the consequences of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teacher Education Programs, Student Attitudes, Biographies
Gomez, Mary Louise; Rodriguez, Terri L.; Agosto, Vonzell – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: In this article, we explore the life histories of two Latino/a prospective elementary teachers in a large Midwestern university; examine their knowledge, strengths, and needs as teachers; and consider how teacher educators might capitalize on these. We explore how these prospective teachers' prior family, home, K-12 schooling,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Experience, Teaching Methods, Cultural Background
