ERIC Number: EJ1482664
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Oct
Pages: 38
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8340
Available Date: 0000-00-00
"I'll Do Some Soul Searching": Navigating a Black Student-Teacher Relationship within the Sociopolitical Terrain of Urban Science Education
Urban Education, v60 n10 p2800-2837 2025
Using a multitiered framework, embedded in anti-Blackness, this qualitative case study centers a Black woman teacher and Black girl who were subjugated to multiple layers of oppression in a middle school science classroom. Findings revealed that systemic pressures, like standardized testing and school choice, hindered genuine learning. The teacher-participant felt compelled to prioritize test preparation over holistic education and noted how the science fair exacerbated racial inequities while midyear teacher reassignments fractured student-teacher relationships. This study underscores the need to name sociopolitical and historical factors to address structural and systemic inequities in urban science education.
Descriptors: African American Teachers, African American Students, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Science Education, Urban Education, Grade 7, Test Coaching, Science Fairs, Equal Education, Teacher Placement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 7
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA; 2Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

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