'Never Anything about the Asian Experience': An AsianCrit Analysis of Asian American Teachers in the Midwest

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Asian Americans; Preschool Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; High School Teachers; Teaching Experience; Racial Differences; Social Justice; Racial Identification; Minority Group Teachers

10.1080/15210960.2022.2067857

1521-0960
1532-7892

Although Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial minority group in the United States, projected to be 10% of the population by 2050, they only comprise 2% of the teaching force. There is relatively little research about the experiences, recruitment efforts, or retention of Asian American teachers. This qualitative study seeks to add to the extant literature by seeking to better under the experiences of Asian American pK-12 teachers in the Midwest, primarily in northern Illinois. This study draws upon both a sociopolitical understanding of being Asian American and three specific tenets of AsianCrit: (re)constructive history; story, theory, and praxis; and commitment to social justice to understand how Asian American teachers in the Midwest navigate teaching and learning in the classrooms as racialized beings.

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2023

EJ1365999