ERIC Number: EJ1474705
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-8398
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One World, Different Lenses: White Counselor Educators Understanding of the Role of Race and Culture in Counselor Education
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v38 n6 p826-839 2025
Our world is viewed through a variety of lenses depending on perspective, previous exposure, values, and personal philosophy. Counselor educators might be perceived as "worldview" experts given their educational training and required coursework in multicultural counseling. Through a pilot study, the researchers explored White counselor educators' understanding of how their own race, culture, and identity influences their work with students. Using qualitative survey data, the research team found four subthematic categories which emerged from the content analysis of the collected data, including Diffuse Cultural Identity, Deflection from White Identity, Discordant Response to Diversity, and Disguised Microaggressions. These subthemes were then analyzed with more scrutiny to create one overarching, universal dimension, One World, Different Lenses. White counselor educators have a responsibility to ensure their teaching and research comes from a place of equity, where they use their voice to advocate and support students and individuals from culturally or racially divergent backgrounds. Implications to counselor educators are discussed.
Descriptors: Counselor Educators, White Teachers, Counselor Training, Race, Culture, Microaggressions, Diversity, Racial Identification, Cultural Influences, Racial Factors
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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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Author Affiliations: 1University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, Kentucky, USA; 2Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, USA