Building Racial Competency in White Educators through the Transformative Act of Writing: Writing through Whiteness (Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity in Education) - Softcover

F. Walsh, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032659297 ISBN 13: 9781032659299

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

This book argues that the transformative act of writing can be used to strengthen the racial competency of White educators in profound ways, leading them to a more comprehensive consciousness regarding the way their racial identity impacts them personally and professionally.

Through detailing the experiences of two White educators who engaged in a practice of deeply reflective personal narrative writing about their racial identity, this book presents written data from the participants and discusses the theoretical and practical implications of the participants’ written work. It also provides a strong, evidence-informed case for using reflective writing as a tool for strengthening the racial competency of White educators in order to positively impact their students, their classrooms, and their greater school communities. Lastly, the book offers writing exercises that can be applied to contexts within and outside the field of education so that readers can start the important work of further developing their racial competency.

It will appeal to researchers, teacher educators, faculty, and scholars with interest in whiteness studies and advancing antiracist pedagogies, as well as literacy education and diversity and equity in education.

About this title

About the Author

Paul F. Walsh is a high school English instructor, professor of education at Lehigh University, and professor of education at Moravian University, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032659297
• ISBN 13: 9781032659299
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80