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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1471552
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-7761
EISSN: EISSN-1548-1492
Available Date: 2024-12-08
Decloaking Whiteness: Linguistic and Pedagogical Imperialisms of International Baccalaureate Teacher Education in Japan
Akira Shah1,2
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v56 n2 e12537 2025
This article examines everyday "International Baccalaureate Educator Certificate" (IBEC) environments in Japanese higher education through a theoretical framework of whiteness. Exploring dissonances shaped by English and constructivism at two universities, I argue that communities challenge Anglo-American and Euro-American epistemologies imbued within globalist education. I call for scholarship on whiteness to better prioritize decloaking its plethora of still concealed artifacts, an issue I elucidate with two examples in language and pedagogy.
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Certification, Constructivism (Learning), Language Role, English (Second Language), Universities, Global Approach, Whites, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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Author Affiliations: 1School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 2Japan Research Centre, SOAS University of London, London, UK
