Ending our myopia? Deconstructing race and racial inequality within teaching thinking resources used in English secondary schools

Richards, Malcolm

Abstract

Teaching thinking programme resources are increasingly popular across England school spaces. Significant research, per Alexander (2009), Mercer et.al (2008) and Education Endowment Fund (2018) support positive academic progress and attainment outcomes that teaching thinking offer. Others promote whole school benefits of using teaching thinking resources which develop student potential by attainment through a “growth mindset” (Dweck, 2006).
Dominated by Western socio-psychology per Vygotsky (1978), Bakhtin (1981) and others, teaching thinking programmes offer outcomes to schools to enable students who will “learn how to think, reflectively, critically and creatively, and to employ these skills and techniques in the co-construction of a meaningful curriculum and associated activities” (Burden, et.al, 2006).

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Anticipating Black Futures
• Start Date: May 31, 2019
• End Date: May 31, 2019
• Deposit Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Keywords: Race, Racial inequality, Teaching thinking resources, Teaching, Education, Dialogue; Critical race theory; Critical consciousness; Representation; Teaching thinking
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10196927
• Related Public URLs: https://www.temporalbelongings.org/home/cfp-anticipating-black-futures-symposium
• Additional Information: Anticipating Black Futures: Considering the futures of Black peoples in Britian; ; Link: https://blackfuturesuk.wordpress.com/ ; ; Conference Aims:; ; The 2019 symposium responded to this by raising questions about the meanings of Black identities in Britain from this moment post- Windrush and Brexit. ; ; By anticipating the future of Black possibilities, we can articulate contemporary realities and theorise how to move forward in the present hostile environment.; ; The symposium had five main aims:; ; - Create a network of postgraduate and early career researchers located in Britain who centre their projects on Black Studies and Afro-futurity.; - Establish an anticipatory study approach as a method for postgraduate research on marginalised groups.; - Develop academic opportunities (conferences and journal articles) for Black Studies debates emerging in Britain.; - Encourage dialogue, collaboration and interdisciplinary exchange across the Arts and Humanities and beyond.; - Promote The Midlands as the leading region for Black Studies Research in Europe.