Education Discussion

Education Research

The field of education is faced by various challenges that need to be researched. The topic for this research is “Teachers’ Perception Towards the Effects of Differences in Racial Identities of Students and Teachers”. My question of interest in this topic is how do teachers perceive the effects of teachers and student’s racial identities. As the United States school-aged population grows to be more diverse racially, the teaching force basically remains white, therefore, resulting to students being taught by teachers with different racial identities that is very different from their own (Aguirre, 2003). With respect to this, the need to examine the perception of teachers or the racial identity differences problem intensively developed. These differences are also capable of affecting classroom dynamics.

Through this research, I intend to learn on the challenges that this perception may cause in the classroom and more so the strategies that the teachers faced with these challenges ay use to address or solve them (Cole, 2008). Familiarizing with the problem and its solutions will enable me effectively to utilize the cultural backgrounds and racial identities of the students in the classroom and maybe improves my skills of handling racially diverse students.

The significance of this research will not be for one self but rather, it will also be of importance to other teachers and students, company or school administrators and parents. Other teachers will be able to use the research to reduce the negative effects of racial diversity with their students. Administrators can also find these results useful in handling diverse workforce and customers. Students and parents will be able to work together with their teachers regardless of the differences which will improve the performance of the students.

Basing the argument on a little experience and knowledge on this topic, racial diversity among students and teachers is often perceived positively especially among the white teachers. White teachers have learned to treat their students in a way that does not intimidate their racial background but instead, makes the feel as part of the human race. Therefore, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that teachers positively perceive the effects of differences in the racial identities of teachers and students since most teachers are ready to address these challenges.

References

Aguirre, R.J. (2003). Racial and ethnic diversity in America. Science Handbook. (Vol. 1)

Cole, W.R. (2008). Educating everybody’s children: Diverse teaching strategies for diverse

learners. (2nd Ed.).