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In this chapter, four white, cis-gender, teacher-educators engaged in a multiple method, cross-institution online collaboration during the dual pandemic of Covid-19 and structural racism. Using a book club reading schedule, arts based responses, problem posing, and memory work, the authors examined their experiences and reactions to the pandemic and concurrent incidences of structural racism. Drawing inspiration from Robinson and Robinson’s (2022) Imagine If, followed by Kendi’s (2019, 2023) How to be Antiracist, the authors describe how their online collaboration influenced their understanding of their past, helped them to unpack considerations of present problems in their practice, and helped them consider how they might better act in the future. Throughout the process the authors were mindful of their privilege as white teacher educators and how this impacted their approach to issues of equity, social justice, and racism. Multiple method cross-institution online collaboration is a useful space to examine critical issues of practice.

ISBN

978-3-031-58096-3

Publication Date

5-2024

Publisher

Springer

Keywords

Antiracist teaching, Arts-based research, Book study, COVID-19 pandemic, Memory work, Research communities

Disciplines

Adult and Continuing Education | Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Curriculum and Social Inquiry | Education | Higher Education | Online and Distance Education | Other Education | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning | Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | Teacher Education and Professional Development

Using multiple methods to explore antiracist practices in a cross institutional online community

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