| Title: |
Undergraduate Music Education Majors' Conceptualizations of Race, Racism, and Antiracism |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Jess Mullen |
| Source: |
AERA Online Paper Repository. 2025. |
| Availability: |
AERA Online Paper Repository. Available from: American Educational Research Association. 1430 K Street NW Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-238-3200; Fax: 202-238-3250; e-mail: subscriptions@aera.net; Web site: http://www.aera.net |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
12 |
| Publication Date: |
2025 |
| Document Type: |
Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Higher Education; Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Undergraduate Students; Preservice Teachers; Music Teachers; Student Attitudes; Race; Racism; White Students; Minority Group Students; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Teaching Skills |
| DOI: |
10.3102/2184608 |
| Abstract: |
The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to investigate how undergraduate music education majors conceptualize race, racism, and antiracism broadly and concerning their future teaching practice. My theoretical framework foregrounded three concepts: (a) racism as endemic to the U.S., (b) ethnicity paradigms of race, and (c) colorblindness. Based on my analysis of interview data, results indicate that white participants largely understood racism through the ethnicity paradigm, whereas the one participant of color described racism as oppression based on physical appearance. Regarding antiracism in their future classrooms, all participants discussed diversifying repertoire and representation. Overall, the participants felt unprepared to engage with antiracism in their teaching, desiring more concrete examples in their music education coursework. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2026 |
| Accession Number: |
ED678488 |
| Database: |
ERIC |