Chocolate Cakes and Icing: A narrative exploration of Black female educators and their pedagogical practices
Location
Hamilton B
Proposal Track
Research Project
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
This narrative exploration of Black female educators explores the role their experiences play in influencing their pedagogical practices and how they understand their roles as protective factors in the lives of their students. The theoretical frameworks for the study are Black feminist thought (Collins, 2000) and resiliency theory (Walsh, 1996; Polidore, 2004). The metaphorical backdrop of baking chocolate cakes and the Sankofian philosophy of looking back to inform the future (Shuuja & Shuuja, 2003) serves as a method to connect the reader to the study.
The study was conducted using the qualitative research method narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000), which used the narratives of four Black female educators in Georgia. Findings revealed that the following attributes influenced the way in which these women viewed their roles, experiences and practices, the role of religion in their lives, the ability to defend one’s own knowledge, tenacity, and the innate tendency to be a mother to children other than their own.
Keywords
Black feminist thought, African American females, narrative inquiry
Recommended Citation
Sprull, Nakiesha, "Chocolate Cakes and Icing: A narrative exploration of Black female educators and their pedagogical practices" (2017). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 40.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2017/2017/40
Chocolate Cakes and Icing: A narrative exploration of Black female educators and their pedagogical practices
Hamilton B
This narrative exploration of Black female educators explores the role their experiences play in influencing their pedagogical practices and how they understand their roles as protective factors in the lives of their students. The theoretical frameworks for the study are Black feminist thought (Collins, 2000) and resiliency theory (Walsh, 1996; Polidore, 2004). The metaphorical backdrop of baking chocolate cakes and the Sankofian philosophy of looking back to inform the future (Shuuja & Shuuja, 2003) serves as a method to connect the reader to the study.
The study was conducted using the qualitative research method narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000), which used the narratives of four Black female educators in Georgia. Findings revealed that the following attributes influenced the way in which these women viewed their roles, experiences and practices, the role of religion in their lives, the ability to defend one’s own knowledge, tenacity, and the innate tendency to be a mother to children other than their own.
