1st Edition
Teacher Preparation as Social Activism at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Teacher Preparation as Social Activism at Historically Black Colleges and Universities offers new insights into the historical educational perspectives of teacher preparation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Centering insightful research that chronicles the contributions of teacher preparation at HBCUs, it has a specific focus on activism in the form of fugitive pedagogy, social activism, organizing, and inclusive educational practices. It highlights and explores the ways in which such programs developed technical pedagogical skills for teaching and learning while leveraging society as an incubator to engage students in practices necessary to destabilize oppressive systems. The chapter authors examine historical social movements at the intersection of teacher preparation at HBCUs and race to impact societal change over time and explore teacher preparation at HBCUs as tools for activism, social justice, and liberatory practices.
Reimagining educational history through the context of race relations and its contributing factors to the educational ecosystem, this significant contribution to the body of research on HBCUs will appeal to scholars and researchers with interests in teacher education, history of education, race and ethnic studies, urban studies, and higher education.
Introduction, Eugene Pringle, Jr. Part One: Results of Toil and Pain: Early Movements in Teacher Preparation at HBCUs 1. Contextualizing Teacher Preparation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Brianna Nargiso and Keyana Terry 2. Ubuntu and HBCUs: The Role of Historically Black Colleges in Cultivating Activism and Social Transformation in Education, Alecia Nichole Blackwood and Kevin Washington 3. Good (In)tensions: The Historical Relationships Between Hampton University and Black Teacher Preparation in Deaf Education, Lissa D. Ramirez-Stapleton 4. Revaluing Women in the Narrative of Black Men Teachers (BMTs): A Historical Examination of Race, Gender, and Class in Teacher Preparation at Morehouse College, William N. Thomas, IV and Dylan Ravdin Part Two: Present Positioning and Implications 5. Teacher Preparation as Activism: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Leading the Charge, Katherine E. L. Norris, Ocheze Joseph, and Shaina R. Thomas 6. A Place Where We All Can Be Free: Afrofuturism, HBCUs, and Teacher Education, Larry J. Walker and Ramon B. Goings 7. Bridging the Digital Divide: HBCUs Promoting Digital Equity in Teacher Education, Randy Bumpers, Katherine E. L. Norris, and Isaiah Lucas 8. Transformative Teacher Preparation at HBCUs: Empowering Advocates for Social Change; A Case Study of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s College of Education, Cheron H. Davis, Sundra D. Kincey, Vanessa R. Pitts Bannister, Ameenah Shakir, Kristine M. Fleming, Sarah L. Price and Cheree Y. Wiltsher 9. Transforming Teacher Preparation Programs at HBCUs: Continuing the Legacy of Preparing Black Educators Through Activism and Social Justice, Kimberley Davis, William A. Torrence, Britine Perkins, Beverly Sande, Jerri A. Haynes Part Three: Leveraging Practice for Future Progression, Impact and Social Activist Engagement. 10. Activism in High Places: Exploring the Intersections of Florida's Black Teachers Association, College Presidents, and Connecting Advocacy Through Colleges of Education, Amanda Wilkerson 11. Cultivating Equity-Minded Educators at HBCUs Through Black Otherfathering as Social Activism, Anthony Broughton, Rashad Anderson, and Walter A. Lee 12. Post-Colonial Practices of Liberation: Fugitive Pedagogy as a Lens for Opportunities to (Re)build and (Re)engage in acts of Humanization, Shalander "Shelly" Samuels and Sherika Dacres
Biography
Eugene Pringle, Jr., EdD, is a senior professorial lecturer in the master’s and doctoral education policy and leadership programs at American University.
Shalander “Shelly” Samuels, EdD, is an assistant professor of reading at Kean University.
Amanda Wilkerson, EdD, is an assistant professor of higher education at UCF’s College of Community Innovation and Education in Orlando, Florida.
Anthony Broughton, PhD, is the associate dean and associate professor of education at Alabama State University.
