Narratives of FL teachers from an anti-racist perspective: a CIL under study
Critical Racial Theory, Black, Whiteness, Autobiographical Narratives, racism, Interschool Language Centers, continuing education
The multicultural context in which the school, pedagogical agents, teachers and students are inserted requires the exercise of an anti-racist pedagogical practice, where the teacher can “provide moments of reflection that give voice to all students, allowing them to explore the racism from various perspectives” (GILLBORN, 1995, pg. 142 apud FERREIRA, 2006). According to this, the present research has for main objective to understand how the process of continuous formation of the teachers from the Interscholastic Center of Languages (CIL) in the Federal District, in particular, in the Administrative Region of Paranoá, provides moments of reflection on racial structures present during the acquisition of a foreign language. For this research to be carried out, we selected 4 teachers from the different language areas offered at CIL 01 – Paranoá: English, French, Japanese and Spanish. The data collection was carried out with this group aimed to verify how the treatment of raciality is seen from multiple areas of language teaching. This research fits into the interpretative qualitative paradigm (CHIZZOTTI, 2006) and involves dialogue with authors of Critical Racial Theory (TATE, 1995; SOLORZANO, 1997; bell, 1992; CRENSHAW, 1991; ESPINOZA, 1998). For the data collection, personal reports were used as research instruments. It is expected with this investigation that the subject teachers can have an active voice over their own formation processes, and that such reflection becomes an effectivge return for the CIL as a whole: coordinators, pedagogical agents, orientations, so that they can also rethink the ongoing training actions for its reaching staff.