Week 8 – Promoting Positive Racial Teacher Student Classroom Relationships

Schools do not have a bias against students who do not share the same characteristics as White, female, middle-class teachers.

Teachers are more likely to have positive academic and behavioral expectations regarding Black students compared to expectations of White students.

White teachers have more positive attitudes toward Black children and rate Black students more positively compared to White students.

White teachers rate Black male children more deviant compared to White children.

White teachers direct more compliments toward Black males and rate Black male children personalities more negatively when compared to White male children.

The classroom conflict between teachers and students results from the equivalent cultural contexts that students and teachers bring to the classroom.

White teachers perceive White students more negatively when compared to Black students.

We all have biases.

Your Personal Vision = Your Personal Bias

Their Vision ≠ Their Biases