This text offers a hermeneutic phenomenological exploration of the lived experiences of Filipinx American teachers in U.S. schools, classrooms, and colleges.
By drawing on one-on-one dialogues, group discussion, and reflective writing, the text identifies racial, cultural, and linguistic barriers that members of this minority group have faced in their training and practice as educators. The text questions the underrepresentation of Filipinx Americans among U.S. teaching staff and identifies causes both within the Filipino community and via external factors, including the absence of Filipino culture in curricula, as well as a lack of peer support in the development of Asian American teacher identities. This timely volume highlights the need to expand diversity teacher education to create a more racially diverse and inclusive workforce.
Offering rich insight into the experiences of Filipinx American teachers, this volume will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers drawn to studies of multicultural education, as well as teacher education.
Author(s): Eleonor G. Castillo
Series: Routledge Research in Educational Equality and Diversity
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 174
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Philosophic and Historical Foundations for the Study of Being a Filipinx American Teacher
Why Hermeneutic Phenomenology?
A Search for Being
A Colonial Education History and Legacy
Breaking the Silence
Opening Conversations: Asking Questions
A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Methodological Structure
My Turning
Experience as Lived
Reflection: The Search for Meaning
Writing and Rewriting
Pedagogical Orientation
Balance
Method of Engagement
Note
References
Chapter 2: Being Seen as a Filipinx American Teacher
Being Seen
Being Seen by Fellow Teachers – The “Closest Match”
Being Seen by Filipinx American Students – A Reflection
Being Seen by Filipino American Parents – Being “the Custodian”
Building a Cultural Bridge
Custodianship: Being a Filipinx American Daughter-Teacher
When Being Seen as an Other: My “Not Being Seen”
Being Seen As Being There
Creating Identity Places and Spaces
A Place to Gather
Space to Grow
Places for New Play
Limiting Spaces – When the “Only One”
Seeking Out Other Filipinx American Teachers
Seeing the Differences
Seeing More K-12 Filipinx American Teachers
Bringing Forth: Seeing Through a Phenomenological Lens
Notes
References
Chapter 3: The Absence of Filipinx American Teachers
Encountering the Absence
Filling the Absence
Choosing to Be a Filipinx American Teacher
A Filipinx American Teacher Identity
Searching for Support
Being the Other
Being the Oriental
Being Absent Within the Curriculum
Being Called to Lead
Being Seen Differently
Searching for Reflections
Asking Filipinx American Teachers to Reflect Upon Themselves
Gathering All Together: Meet the Participants
Coletrane
Ramos
Carmen
Anthony
Maverick
Gail
Narciso
Rosalie
Bringing Forth
Notes
References
Chapter 4: Breaking the Silence as a Filipinx American Teacher
A Being Misunderstood
From the Outside
On the Inside
Loss of Words
From Being Quiet to Being Silent
A Loss of Leadership
Concealing Oneself
Breaking the Silence
Yearning to Speak
Learning to Speak
From Otherness to Belonging
Have You Eaten?
Dispelling Otherness – A Kapwa Connection
A Being at Home
Filling a Void
Seeing Oneself as a Filipinx American Teacher
Seeing Multiple Reflections: Being a Filipinx American Teacher and a Teacher of Color
Living in the Curriculum as a Teacher of Color
Living In-Between
Being the Only One
To Reach the End is to Make a Beginning
Notes
References
Chapter 5: Revealing Pedagogical Insights: The Filipinx American Teacher Within – A Voice Emerging Outward
Sightlines
Mirroring Existence
Reflecting Numbers
Living In-Between the Tension
Puncturing the Surface: A Question of Respect
Being in the Tension
The Pathway Forward
In the Spirit of Bayanihan
Other Filipinx Americans Also Leading the Way
Voicing Outward and Speaking On
Harkening Filipinx American Teachers
Another Beginning
Notes
References
Index
