Racial and Related Forms of Specialist Knowledge on English Education Blogs

• Published in: English education Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 314 - 346
• Main Authors: Skerrett, Allison, Pruitt, Alina Adonyi, Warrington, Amber S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Urbana National Council of Teachers of English 01.07.2015
• Subjects: Blogs; Computer mediated communication; Education; English language; English teachers; Language Arts; Learning; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Preservice Teachers; Student teachers; Students; Teacher Educators; Teaching Methods

This article explores how the computer-mediated communication (CMC) tool of blogging served as a teaching and learning tool about diversity and inequity in English education. It analyzes the blog writings of two preservice teachers who used their blogs as a space to encourage themselves and their pe...